done, and then ultimately understanding the harm and potentially not doing it again, instead of that, those people were bitter, they were angry, they were feeling victimized, because they didn t get a chance to say what they wanted to say, because nobody explained to them that drug crimes are really serious crimes. nobody said to them, do you understand that there are children who will never have normal lives, because you sold crack to their parents, and now they re in a vortex of addiction. do you understand that, mr. defendant? i was the one in my sentencing practice who is explained those things in an interest of furthering congress direction that we were supposed to be sentencing people, so that they can ultimately be rehabilitated to the benefit of society as a whole. i appreciate that, judge jackson. i just still note that virtually
there are children who will never have normal lives because you sold crack to their parents, and now they re in a vortex of addiction. do you understand that, mr. defendant? i was the one in my sentencing practices who explained those things in an interest of furthering congress s direction that we are supposed to be sentencing people so they can ultimately be rehabilitated. reporter: and judge jackson continued to stress her near decade of experience as a federal judge. i approach cases from experience, from practice, and consistent with may constitutional obligations. reporter: and judge jackson made some news of her own today. for the first time she pledged in confirmed, she will recuse herself from an affirmative action case involving harvard that will be heard by the supreme court sometime in the fall. jackson serves on harvard s