But violent crime is another thing entirely. The payoff matrix is totally different and hinges on the neutralization effect. And the damage done by the crime can't be reversed, unlike pure monetary losses. You can pay back stolen wages. You can't un-kill a murder victim or un-rape a woman.
Anyone who's ready to point a gun at people and engage a dangerous police chase needs to be of the street for a while. Ideally, until he ages enough for his hormone balance to calm him down a notch.
Also note that this dude likely has a record already. If that's the case, letting him out basically means signing up not innocent citizens to be terrorized and possibly killed in his inevitable future crimes. Perhaps you're okay with that risk of you think you won't be the one getting shot. If you knew you would be his next victim, you'd be asking for more than 17 years.
Whataboutism is never the right choice. Stay focused. Fight the good fight. Don't let them (or yourself) distract you. Stay focused comrade!
Meanwhile a guy who stole 23 cellphones in an armed robbery was sentenced to 17 years is prison the other day: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/7/23/20707907/aries-...
Now armed robbery is bad, no doubt. If I had heard of this fellow getting 17 months in prison for it I probably wouldn't have thought twice. But 17 years is ridiculous, even if he will be out in 8 with good behavior. Meanwhile examples like Doordash show it's basically legal to steal from poor people, and Bernie Madoff, who stole $20 billion dollars is petitioning for clemency because he's old and what the hell, it was just money.