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Reality TV star Josh Duggar gets 12-year sentence after child porn conviction

Josh Duggar (seen in a prison photo) has maintained his innocence since his April 2021 arrest. (Washington County Detention Center)

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to about 12 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving child pornography.

Duggar was also convicted of possessing child pornography in December, but U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks dismissed that conviction after ruling that, under federal law, it was an included offense in the receiving child pornography count.

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