Then you agree with the unfairness.  If a black person did this, they would get 30 years.  End the War on Drugs and let many more of the mandatory minimum folks out, not just because it&#x27;s costly, but because it&#x27;s unjust.<p>But that&#x27;s a distraction away from the seriousness of the crimes committed and the lack of punishment in this case.  So it is indeed, comparatively, a slap on the wrist, compared to people serving much longer sentences for far, far less.<p>Edit: Solitary confinement is one of the worst forms of passive torture imaginable and most state prison systems deliberately abuse it on a routine basis... This should also end.