Bobert, your suggested sentence for Stevens would be reasonable and fair -- IF we had similarly proportional sentences for teenagers who shoplift cigarettes, people who use cocaine or marijuana (recreationally or otherwise), 19 year-olds who have sex with 17-year-old paramours, etc.   : )

I'd actually like to see more of the high and mighty do prison time when they're convicted of felonies.   Lengthy sentences should be reserved for criminals who are serious threats to the community (e.g., Charles Keating, Ken Lay, violent offenders, etc.), but it's not fair for the rich and powerful to just get fined or kicked out of office while others spend time behind bars for lesser affronts to society.