Bernard Madoff and Christopher Handley Both Face 20 Years in Prison

I just did a double-take when I read this:

“If convicted of the charges against him, Madoff, 70, could spend up to 20 years in prison and face a $5 million fine.”

Twenty years? For stealing fifty billion dollars? Is that a typo?

By a cruel coincidence, here’s someone else who’s facing twenty years in prison:

“The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has signed on as a special consultant to the defense of Christopher Handley, an Iowa collector who faces up to 20 years in prison for possession of manga.”

So stealing fifty billion dollars is about as bad as reading a comic book about teenagers having sex? WTF?