Grisham: Child porn sentences harsh; offenders 'probably had too much to drink'

Top-selling novelist John Grisham says people who look at child pornography “probably had too much to drink” and should be given lighter prison sentences.

Grisham: Child porn sentences harsh; offenders 'probably had too much to drink'

Top-selling novelist John Grisham says people who look at child pornography “probably had too much to drink” and should be given lighter prison sentences.

Grisham, 59, criticised the length of imprisonment imposed on offenders who download images of children being sexually abused.

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