I do not know about the "other 2 getting 8 years" so you need to show the reasons they got 8 years and Ulbright got 2 lives
Nonetheless, these are the reasons Ulbright got 2 life sentences
Law enforcement alleged Ulbricht “deliberately” operated Silk Road as an “online criminal marketplace” and enabled users to trade illegal drugs anonymously.
At least six drug overdose deaths have allegedly been linked to Silk Road, and Ulbricht was accused of soliciting six murders-for-hires in connection with operating the site, though prosecutors said there was no evidence those murders were carried out.
Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and
sentenced to life in prison in 2015, after he was convicted of seven charges, including distributing narcotics, distributing narcotics by means of the internet, conspiring to distribute narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiring to commit computer hacking, conspiring to traffic in false identity documents and conspiring to commit money laundering.
Having said that, why would Trump (at the beginning of his 2nd term) even get involved in pardoning a drug dealer? There must have been some BENEFIT to him, because the negatives of what he did are BIG. No Americans support drug dealing as a good thing. Do You?
I mean, why did Trump do it on his 3rd day in office? What was so important about this case that he had to do it right away?