After reading American Kingpin I get that Ulbricht did a lot of bad things, broke many laws, and should be punished. Yet at the same time the length of his sent

After reading American Kingpin I get that Ulbricht did a lot of bad things, broke many laws, and should be punished. Yet at the same time the length of his sentence feels more like government retribution than punishment. The government piled on and I feel there's a strange parallel to be drawn between Mr. Ulbricht and Kevin Mitnick's abuse by the government. I hope his sentence is severely reduced and he gets a chance at rehabilitation and redemption.