"Jon Bruning" is an American politician who served as the 31st State Attorney General/Attorney General of the state of Nebraska from 2003 to 2015. A Republican Party (United States)/Republican, he was a member of the Nebraska State Legislature from 1996 until his resignation in 2002 following his election to the position of Attorney General.

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Guilt and innocence were not really at issue here. It's clear that he violated the statute.

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It's the will of politicians trying to get re-elected, ... We are continuously trying to get ourselves reelected, trying to be tougher than the next guy, and at some point it has got to end. And this commute is where it is.

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We don't want grown men having sex with young girls. We make a lot of choices for our children: We don't allow them to vote, we don't allow them to drink, we don't allow them to drive cars, we don't allow them to serve in wars at age 13, whether they want to or not, and we don't allow them to have sex with grown men.

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You have to have consequences for your actions. I believe this is a very serious crime.

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Are free to gather, express themselves, lobby, and generally participate in the political process however they see fit.

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But this is not a job we do to win popularity points, ... I was elected to enforce the law. And anytime a grown man has sex with a child, it's not a close call for me.

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In my three years on this board, we have not commuted a single one, ... And as I looked at this, I thought, this might be the single one.

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And it's costing taxpayers more and more, and at some point it has to end.

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