For creating a website where he didn't himself sell drugs? In my opinion, Silk Road & other websites were much safer ways to obtain drugs due to the reviews and people testing individual sellers.

Mind-blowing that anyone would think double life in prison is a just punishment.

How is it just? Child rapists and murders get less time. Hell if he did hire a hit man (like was claimed but never proven or charged with) they would have gotten less time.

Because of the scale and reach of the operation. The convict profited from his enterprise. Not everyone across our country thinks that dealing hard drugs on a large scale is so innocent. It was a nationwide operation.

But he wasn't dealing hard drugs. He made a website. Should ISPs get two life sentences because they built a network which enabled users to sell drugs online? Should the creators of Reddit or Craigslist get two life sentences because users probably sell drugs using their platforms? He might not be a saint, but he doesn't deserve two life sentences.

Do you think hiring someone to commit murder is less bad than killing someone for money?