Kristian Saucier and Hillary Clinton both broke the law. But only one of them is going to prison.

In 2009, Petty Officer First Class Kristian Saucier was serving aboard the U.S.S. Alexandria, a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine. While working on the submarine, he took six photographs of different areas of the boat’s propulsion system — which he knew to be classified — and when confronted by law enforcement three years later, he destroyed a laptop, a camera, and a memory card in an attempt to cover his tracks.

Importantly, there has never been any suggestion that Saucier was a spy, or that he had any interest in espionage. By all accounts, Saucier just wanted to take pictures of a fascinating propulsion system.

Last year, Saucier was indicted on the charge of unlawful retention of national defense information (a felony) and obstruction of justice (also a felony). In May of this year, he pled guilty. This Friday, he will be sentenced. The sentencing guidelines call for a minimum sentence of 63 months, so Saucier shall likely be in prison for the next five years of his life.

Saucier’s attorney Derrick Hogan had petitioned the court to deviate from the sentencing guidelines, and sentence his client only to probation. Among the arguments he made in his filing is the astute observation that “Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Secretary of State Hilary [sic] Clinton […]has come under scrutiny for engaging in acts similar to Mr. Saucier.”

Hogan isn’t entirely correct, however. Clinton’s acts were far, far worse than Saucier’s.

Saucier possessed six photographs, which were all listed as either “confidential” or “restricted.” Hillary Clinton, according to FBI Director James Comey, possessed 110 emails which were classified, including eight that were “top secret” and thirty-six that were “secret.” And Clinton had tens of thousands of emails deleted — compared to Saucier’s attempt to destroy the six pictures he took.

The Federal Government, of course, is rejecting pleas by Saucier’s counsel, and has asked the court to sentence Saucier to more than five years in prison. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is campaigning for the White House.

In the age of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, we are not a country of laws and citizens — we are a country of rulers, to whom the laws do not apply, and subjects, against whom the laws are wielded.