Our laws are so messed up. There are people convicted of manslaughter, sexual assault, rape, assault, and other actual serious crimes that get less time than that. We live in a time where showing crimes done by our government and military can lead to a life sentence like with Bradley Manning. While the true guilty walk free.
It's clear what America's justice system has become. Don't do a crime if your the average Joe. Especially if it will potentially cost someone richer than you money that will result in more time. But if your wealthy and powerful go ahead and stomp on every law as long as it doesn't hurt your rich buddies. We just had our Attorney General Eric Holder come out and say they we will not pursue criminal charges against wealthy members of large institutions because of the effect it may have on the economy.
We all know the law has been more gentle towards the wealthy but now it's become abhorrent towards everyone else while our government now openly admits wealth is a get out of jail free card.