Sometimes timing is everything. The article mentioned that the crime was committed near the end of a violent period in that region and the public was giving pol

Sometimes timing is everything. The article mentioned that the crime was committed near the end of a violent period in that region and the public was giving politicians the message that they needed to crack down on crime. So what would have normally been a crime that merited a decade or so of prison time received a near-life sentence. He was essentially being punished for the actions of the criminals that came before him. It reminds me a bit of something that happened to the brother of a former colleague of mine. He was an animal rights activist that allegedly, in protest, set off a bomb at an animal testing facility. The bomb went off at a time when no one was there. If he'd done it a few years earlier, it wouldn't have received much attention. But it happened shortly after 9/11 and the sentiment in the country was to stop terrorism at all costs. And so he's been on the FBI's most wanted list ever since. Don't get me wrong, setting off bombs is a serious matter, but I have a hard time believing that a stupid juvenile prank that only resulted in property damage puts someone in the top 10 most dangerous people the FBI could be pursuing. Timing can be a bitch and the justice that someone receives is often more about the vengeance that society is yearning for rather than what the offender deserves.