Paris went to jail. And Libby can't spend at least a day in jail?

Harsh on Libby says the President but not on others. From LA Times:

But records show that the Justice Department under the Bush administration frequently has sought sentences that are as long, or longer, in cases similar to Libby's. Three-fourths of the 198 defendants sentenced in federal court last year for obstruction of justice - one of four crimes Libby was found guilty of in March - got some prison time. According to federal data, the average sentence defendants received for that charge alone was 70 months.

Just last week, the Supreme Court upheld a 33-month prison sentence for a decorated Army veteran who was convicted of lying to a federal agent about buying a machine gun. The veteran had a record of public service - fighting in Vietnam and the Gulf War - and no criminal record. But Justice Department lawyers argued his prison term should stand because it fit within the federal sentencing guidelines.

And what these people in connection to the Bush Administration:

A former federal procurement official, David H. Safavian, was sentenced to 18 months in October for lying and concealing his dealings with GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Late last month, a federal judge sentenced J. Steven Griles, the former second-ranking official in the Interior Department, to 10 months in prison for obstructing a Senate investigation into his dealings with Abramoff.

And some other notable federal sentences like...


the 60-month federal prison sentence for minor drug sales for decorated military veteran Patrick Lett (basics here)?

the 11- and 12-year federal prison sentences for bad mistakes made while protecting our border for Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean (basics here)?

the 55-year federal prison sentence for minor drug sales for Weldon Angelos (basics here)?

or some notable state sentences like...

the 27-month state prison sentence for providing alcohol at their son's teenage birthday party for two parents (basics here)?

the 10-year state prison sentence for consensual oral sex between teenager for Genarlow Wilson (basics here)?

the 200-year state prison sentence for downloading child porn for Morton Berger (basics here)?