I posted another comment to this effect, but "a long time" is a concept that I think has become distorted in our culture.

If you or I got even 6 months in jail for stealing a wallet, I am pretty sure it would feel like "a long time."

This business of decades or life imprisonment for property crimes is draconian, we have just collectively lost perspective.

IMHO.

I don’t understand. What do you mean when you say “deserve”? Do you think this is the most effective (in way of deterrence, cost-effectiveness and humane treatment) way to do it? Or are you just in it for the punishment, no matter the consequences?