He got the sentence because of his name and record.

MightyHealthy is right though, to add some perspective not ONE charge has been brought to ANYBODY from the 08 meltdown.

Not one.

And Bernie is the poster boy for how white collar crime is NOT prosecuted. Its a miracle he was ever charged and convicted and certainly zero thanks to authorities. Evidence of his fraud was brought to the SEC in : '99,00,01,05 AND 07 and was ignored. The ONLY way he was caught was when he was on the verge of default to clients in 08 and he confessed to his sons who turned him in. He owed $65 billion. His accountants were a three man team in a strip mall.
So don't say Wall Street or white collar is prosecuted, because it isn't.