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Ross Ulbricht turns 40 today
Posted on 3/27/24 at 11:58 am
Posted on 3/27/24 at 11:58 am
The founder of Silk Road has been in prison since 2013. Ross received two life sentences plus 40 years for creating his online drug empire. The sentencing was shocking since the United States has one of the softest legal systems in the world. But if Ross did what he did in any other country he would have received the death penalty or at minimum received life in a hell hole prison.
Ross, enjoy your birthday in prison buddy.
Ross, enjoy your birthday in prison buddy.
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Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:10 pm to ctiger69
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But if Ross did what he did in any other country he would have received the death penalty or at minimum received life in a hell hole prison.
A guy murdered 77 people in Norway, and injured another 320. 21 years is his sentence.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:12 pm to ctiger69
Free Ross
ETA: He is being held at USP Tucson, one of the worst fed camps. Damn.
ETA2: Looks like I was wrong about where Whitey Bulger was killed.
ETA: He is being held at USP Tucson, one of the worst fed camps. Damn.
ETA2: Looks like I was wrong about where Whitey Bulger was killed.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:13 pm to ctiger69
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Ross received two life sentences plus 40 years for creating his online drug empire
Didn't he hire a hitman?
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:15 pm to boxcarbarney
The government alleged he did without any kind of evidence necessary for a criminal conviction, but still used that allegation at his sentencing. What a great "justice" system.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:17 pm to ctiger69
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But if Ross did what he did in any other country he would have received the death penalty or at minimum received life in a hell hole prison.
Probably would have gotten a 5 year sentence at a luxury resort in Sweden
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:24 pm to fr33manator
If Ross worked for the CIA while doing this, he'd either be working at a cush job in DC or he'd be on MSNBC/CNN every night proclaiming the virtues of American intelligence agencies.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:25 pm to MoarKilometers
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A guy murdered 77 people in Norway, and injured another 320. 21 years is his sentence.
That's misleading. He's never getting out of prison.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:25 pm to boxcarbarney
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Didn't he hire a hitman?
He was older than me but went to my high school. The circumstances around the whole hitman thing are highly questionable. I still think he got a raw deal.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:27 pm to SCLibertarian
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The government alleged he did without any kind of evidence necessary for a criminal conviction, but still used that allegation at his sentencing. What a great "justice" system.
I think they quite clearly produced records/logs of those conversations. Pretty sure redandwhite was straight extrorting him and the first one was a rogue fbi agent, involving Curtis Green out in Utah.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:27 pm to boxcarbarney
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Didn't he hire a hitman?
I think it's likely he tried. The thing just got too big for him. Once millions and millions started pouring in, the serious hitters took note. He should have hit and ran while he could.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:28 pm to CamNewtonsDress
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That's misleading. He's never getting out of prison.
He's only been in prison for 12 years, so obviously. Technically they can keep extending his sentence, but he is eligible to appeal every single year after 30.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 12:29 pm
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:30 pm to Comancheria
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Technically they can keep extending his sentence, but he is eligible to appeal every single year after 30.
They will never let him out. He can apply forever. He killed politicians kids, he will never see the light of day.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:33 pm to CamNewtonsDress
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He killed politicians kids
He is no more responsible for their deaths than gun dealers, pawn shops or weapons manufacturers are for the deaths of people killed with guns. Nobody forced anyone to do anything on Silk Road. The government hates it because they could no longer monopolize the drug trade to quasi-state actors and their proxies.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:35 pm to jclem11
This post was edited on 4/5/24 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:36 pm to SCLibertarian
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SCLibertarian
You're confusing two conversations. That's referring to the Norwegian guy, brevik or however you spell it.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:37 pm to Grigio
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Are any of the documentaries on Silk Road worth watching?
The ones on YT are better IMO
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:42 pm to ctiger69
ross got a raw deal, frick the government
Posted on 3/27/24 at 12:43 pm to ctiger69
Dread Pirate Roberts of Silk Road
He was done once he was identified and arrested. The government was never going to let him be free again. He wasn’t granted bail, and received life at his sentencing not because of his convicted crimes, but because of accusations.
He was done once he was identified and arrested. The government was never going to let him be free again. He wasn’t granted bail, and received life at his sentencing not because of his convicted crimes, but because of accusations.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 1:11 pm to CamNewtonsDress
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I think it's likely he tried. The thing just got too big for him. Once millions and millions started pouring in, the serious hitters took note. He should have hit and ran while he could.
Ross did hire hitmen and paid them large sums of money. The hitman sent pictures of the victims pretending to be dead and scammed Ross out of the money without killing anybody. But Ross believed the hits were carried out. You can read their online conversations. This evidence was presented in his trial but the prosecution later dropped it b/c they already had Ross on life sentences without the hits and did not need crooked hitman (DEA officials) muddying the water.
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