Maybe criminals should be sentenced based on the impact their crime has on the victim, victim's family and society. Think about that for a minute. A person arrested for smoking a little weed should not go to jail. The impact of their crime is minimal. The child molester should go to jail for life. A gangbanger who kills another gangbanger? There might actually be benefits to society, right? So a life sentence probably isn't justified. CEOs who steal from shareholders and retirees should get 20 years.