Josh Duggar Sentencing Memorandum: Prosecution Requests 20 Years, Family Asks for Leniency
By Michelle SteinMay 16 2022, Published 12:17 p.m. ET
Trigger Warning: This article covers subjects of sexual assault, kid abuse/pedophilia, and abuse.
On Dec. 9, 2021, Josh Duggar used to be discovered responsible on two counts of receiving and possessing kid pornography — and because then, his destiny has been putting in stability. The former 19 Kids and Counting celebrity could face a long time in prison if hit with the maximum sentence on May 25, 2022. Ahead of the massive day, the prosecution has submitted a sentencing memorandum. And if they've their approach, the eldest child of TLC's Counting On family may remain in jail for relatively a while.
Josh Duggar's sentencing memorandum: Here's what the prosecution requested.
The prosecution in Josh's case submitted a sentencing memorandum on May 11, in the hunt for 20 years in prison for the previous truth TV big name. In the 30-page file, the government requested from the Western District of Arkansas Federal Court a “guidelines-compliant sentence” of twenty years.
The submitting went into detail about Josh's crimes, which incorporated downloading and viewing more than six hundred photographs consisting of kid sexual abuse fabrics (CSAM) over the direction of four days. He did so with the assistance of a "hidden partition on his work computer" as well as a "BitTorrent Peer-to-Peer file-sharing client.”
In the sentencing memorandum, the prosecution highligthed Josh's “prior sexual exploitation of multiple minors” and allegations of “the extraordinary efforts Duggar took to obtain and view child sexual abuse materials (CSAM), the nature of the CSAM he obtained and viewed, his efforts to conceal his criminal conduct, and his refusal to take accountability for or acknowledge any of his criminal conduct.”
It continued:
"There is solely no indication that Duggar will ever take the stairs important to modify this development of habits and cope with his predilection for minor females. Given these circumstances, this Court will have to be particularly conscious in crafting its sentence of the chance that Duggar reoffends upon his release from incarceration and what his reoffending habits will entail.”
Michelle and Anna Duggar wrote letters to the judge requesting leniency for Josh.
Meanwhile the defense submitted its own memorandum requesting a much lighter five-year jail sentence, one this is "sufficient but not greater than necessary," quoting an “age-old adage [that] ‘justice will have to be tempered with mercy.’”
Both Josh's mom Michelle and his wife Anna, among other friends and members of the family, also submitted personality letters to Judge Timothy L. Brooks in hopes that he could be lenient with Josh's sentencing. "He is a good provider for his family, working diligently and thinking of creative ways to support and take care of his wife and children," Michelle wrote, according to People, noting that Josh has a "tender heart" and is "compassionate toward others."
The Duggar matriarch/mom of nineteen added: "If someone is having a difficult time, he is one of the first to encourage or try to help them in a tangible way. He and his wife and children have helped many others by doing cleaning and repair projects and lending a helping hand."
Similarly, Anna’s letter spoke to Josh's paintings ethic, referencing when she used to paintings with him at his car lot. “There, I admired my husband's diligence in his paintings and also his point of view — that people are extra vital than a snappy sale," she wrote. "Joshua would frequently spend hours out of his day chatting with and paying attention to more than a few homeless people who would move by at the sidewalk."
Josh's wife and mother of their seven children continued: “Joshua is an engaged dad who gladly throws a football with his sons, listens to our daughters play a new song they have learned on the piano, helps answer homework questions, or lends a hand sweeping up spilled crackers. He is a kind, loving, supportive, and caring father and husband — his primary focus in life."
Josh Duggar's sentencing will take place on May 25, 2022.
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