Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson gave repeat illegal immigrant drug offender 'kid glove' sentence

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once sentenced a previously-deported drug dealer to less than two years in prison, when prosecutors, defense and sentencing guidelines recommended a longer term behind bars. 

But Jackson told the defendant — who was previously convicted of dealing drugs in 2002 — that she'd sentence him below the guidelines at 21 months, noting when he returned illegally to the United States he did not commit an additional crime and there "were family circumstances that appeared to be the motivation for your return."