what did you read? that US government press release? read more, but with all respect that post there sounds like it’s useless to have a decent conversation with you on that topic.
and btw. it’s mainly about the amount of the sentence. compare that to other, even related crimes. and for example read the murder for hire case. no murder happened. much of the evidence is questionable and not a full proof. and then compare that to other sentences. Not even Ross says he is an “innocent hacker”. I really think you should do more reading before you make such broad comments and also don’t bring a reference to Aron or such in here.
I posted 2 articles. You posted nothing.
Quick search brings up: https://freeross.org/misinformation/