[hole_n_one]

White-collar crime shouldn't require you to die in prison. It's just vengeful to do that, and for the most part, only violent criminals are worthy of revenge.

From the article........

Cunningham has admitted using his seat on the powerful House of Representatives Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Defense to accomplish what the government said were contract awards that were "not in the best interests of the country."

You might want to rethink your characterization of his crimes.

[California Patriot]

Bribery is objective. "Not in the best interest of the country" is what many congressmen do every day. Some legal abuses of power are worse than some illegal ones. Cunningham deserves punishment, but I don't think he's the worst. The main reason to punish people with prison sentences for political corruption is to keep them out of political circulation. Cunningham is out of circulation anyway.