Explain Something to Me

Why is it that a guy who beats his wife to death is going to spend less time in the Crossbar Hilton than a guy who utters threats?

One guy runs his mouth and he gets five to eight; another guy whacks his wife as she is wrapping presents and he gets four-and-a-half to seven? He not only hits his wife with a metal bar, he hits her so hard and so much that the cops first thought she had taken a shotgun blast in the head, and then he staged a burglary to cover it up. And he is only going to do 4.5 to 7 for that?

How does that make sense?

Oh, in case you didn't click on the links, one of the perps is a white college professor, the other is a Black guy. No prizes for guessing which is which.

(Ht/T to the field negro)