Very valid point.

Two issues here (1) there needs to be some proportionality in the sentencing of “sex offenders”. Clearly not are equally culpable. The person who looked at CP on their computer is not as culpable as the person who produced the material. (2) What does a 22 year sentence in this case accomplish?

Here is an excerpt from the ACLU…

Some might argue that these extreme sentencing policies would be justified by their effectiveness at dissuading would-be criminals. But that’s not the case….The U.S. incarcerates more people – in absolute numbers and per capita – than any other nation in the world, including the far more populous China and Russia. And, it seems, we incarcerate them for far longer. The dramatic, unprecedented rise in incarceration rates and lengths should be a source of great concern to all Americans: this lock-down mentality costs us dearly in freedom and tax dollars, but it doesn’t make us safer.