Duggar's attorneys argued that other child pornography defendants who had received lengthy sentences had possessed far greater quantities of child sexual abuse material, or had lengthy criminal records, unlike Duggar.
Federal prosecutors had accused Duggar of downloading hundreds of pieces of child sexual abuse material, including images and videos, using the.
Duggar's attorneys argued in their Wednesday court filing that the child sexual abuse material found on Duggar's computer contained images that were "either only partially downloaded, never downloaded, or deleted before being opened."