This shoudn't be in Meta, I'm pretty sure of that.

That's absurd.  As if those are the only two crimes which would define what a "monster" is, if that's even an issue in this case.  Would anyone even consider petitioning for a lesser sentence for a Mexican drug cartel member if they got life in prison?  No, and what's the reason for the petition here, because this has something to do with bitcoin?  I don't know enough about the case, but I know what Silk Road is.  Drug dealers get rich off of the pain of addicts, and that's not something I'm cool with. 

That said, life in prison does seem extreme, even if the scale of the drug dealing was pretty massive.  The justice system was obviously intending to send a message to the next pop-up Silk Road.