I think the trend here is to be lenient on crimes against people but to get strict on crimes against the state. Five years from now people might get life in prison for the new crime of having tobacco products and a gun while murderers will be given a few months of self-esteem councelling and sent free.
That's within reality in Islamic countries. Kill an infidel, well, that's ok. But how dre you have a bottle of whiskey! Actually, chopping off body parts is the first step, unless it'sa real serious crime, like tossing a candy bar wrapper on mosk property, or saying something bad about Mohammad. Chopping wee-wee's off pot heads, dealers or otherwize might be better than 55 year sentences, they are useless on pot heads anyways.