In the FEDS you have a guidline, which im sure most of yous know, but the judge can give you more or less based on U.S. v Booker. the judge has to sentence you based on guideline as a measuring point and only use the guidelines as advisor it is not mandotory like it used to be. If he, is facing a mandotory minimum, the judge has no choice but to give him that. With that said if he was raketeering with a a gun, add two levels and so one for certain crimes...not knowing much of this case and based off my knowledge with this type of cases, I would say his base offense level is like 30 something which is 200 something months or so, so he couldve got worst a lot worst if they applied things like guns, domestic terrorism, and a lot more.
So in the bright side he gets two months off every year in the feds so thats like two or three years off the bat so 18 turns into 15, halfway house so that makes it 14...he got 6 years in that makes it 8 years .. He will be home by the time he is 70 never mind the programs you can take to knock off time so he is in pretty good shape you ask me...