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[chrischen]

That probably has less to do with his importance in general than it has to do with him being a special government employee. For example killing a cop would also land you a longer term than killing someone else.

You probably wouldn't (or shouldn't) get a longer term for killing a homeless man vs killing Bill Gates for example.

[sukuriant → chrischen]

Agreed. When he said "public figure", I figured he meant politicians, presidents, congressmen, judges, etc, not people who are just generally popular.