I agree with you that the sentence he got is comparable to a sentence he might get here for doing the same thing, but I'd have to research the national average.
My personal belief is that in most cases, when a judge sentences a man to prison for a certain number of years, he should do all of those years and then either be cut loose or buried. I'm not a big fan of probation or parole.
Agreed. There are a few states like that (Virginia being one of them).
