Feels a bit harsh to me, but my hope is that this was done with past precedent in mind in order to keep consistency and with the thought of appeals possibly lowering the sentence. If I were HO I would have looked at the Zamir case and gone off that, which seems to be what happened. Would I have pushed for the same punishment that Zamir? Probably not. But this is what appeals is for - hope they lighten up the punishment.
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