Justice and fairness are not the same. May not be right but that's the system we have. Most of us know to act accordingly. Not him though.
He went against the court system, and law enforcement, two systems designed to interpret, adjudicate, and enforce the law.
He was already at the mercy of the court, then poured gasoline on his own fire. You can't be in society just acting on emotion, we recognize that every day in all the crime stories we post on here.
If he feels it's excessive he has 26 years to work on his appeal.