I know. It is ridiculous anyone could hand down such a sentence. That has to be the added weight of the bogus “hate crime” moniker. Coupled with the cowardice of “zero tolerance” and mandatory sentencing and the poor schlub never had a chance. 15 years for putting bacon in a mosque is absurd. I doubt you would get more time for burning the cursed thing down.
If it was reversed, and a Church was broken into and a cross vandalized, I bet nothing would happen.