If a country has a problem with rioting, it's usually because of a corrupt or otherwise illegitimate government, or because of very serious social issues, which usually are a result of terrible political decisions.
Rioting is almost always a crime against property. 90% of the time it's a crime against large corporate property. A punishment of this length gives a clear signal as to what is more important; property or people.
Not that it's anything new. In most countries crimes against property are penalized on a scale that is completely disproportional to crimes against people.
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