I think that Sam was the victim of an out of control prosecution and I know that Trump himself feels he was. I would say also that Sam is of the most brilliant, talented young men of his generation and the amount of good he can do in this world if he is free to live a life of the life he wants would be an enormous benefit to the economy, to a lot of things Trump cares about in this world.
I am an attorney and have served time in prison. I witnessed inmates spending every moment inside the prison library accessing computers and combing through court decisions. These inmates hold themselves out as jailhouse lawyers. The law library is their sanctuary where they search for ways to get released but also prey on other inmates who look to them for their freedom.