Yes, life in prison. Doesn't seem right. The guy should be executed.
What do you have to do these days and who do you have to kill if trying to assassinate a president and most of his executive cabinet and heads of half the federal government is still not enough to send a person to the electric chair.
Feed traitors, spies and assassins feet first into a woodchipper. Broadcast it live on TV, have it as a public event. Quit treating this as if it were just another news event. The punishment should fit the crime and scare the bejeesus out of people enough to give other future criminals food for thought.
Life in jail? Basketball courts, gyms, computers, internet service, libraries, laundry, making stuff, 3 meals a day, your own bed, television, never a single bill to pay, tax return to make, or deadline to meet---- yep, that'll teach 'em!