Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Website, Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
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Now your reasons for being pleased with the verdict are becoming more clear. As long as Ross Ulbricht is incarcerated, it doesn't matter what the charges were. (He was a "bad guy," and "he deserved it"! :gasp:
)Except, the accusations regarding murder for hire are flimsy at best. (Similar to some of the charges levied against him concerning "criminal enterprise" and "hacking.")
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[...] On many of the posts I’ve seen, shared, or written myself, dissenters have replied that Ulbricht got such a harsh sentence not for facilitating drug sales, but for allegedly hiring assassins to “take out” people he needed gone, such as former employees or “snitches”. The oft-repeated claim is five or six ordered murders, and it’s a fast derail to any reasonable discussion to the benefits of Silk Road.
The problem with this claim is that it is simply not true. It is a lie. It is a character assassination without basis in fact.
Here’s a fact: he did not receive a life sentence in prison for ordering assassinations on anyone. He wasn’t convicted of that. I repeat: he has not been convicted of ordering ANY assassinations.
Here’s another fact: upon his arrest in October of 2013, six allegations of murder-for-hire were used to sensationalize the story. Fact: they were used as justification to deny him bail. And yet, when this current trial, with seven charges was brought, all allegations of murder-for-hire were mysteriously dropped. These six biggest crimes, the most abhorrent crimes, that he was publicly accused of: they were dropped.
There is one open indictment in Maryland alleging he ordered a murder. One murder. This was not attached to the rest of the trial, and seemed to serve, like the original six allegations, like a character attack in the media instead of actually going to trial and allowing the facts to be brought to light. Conjecture, rumor, lies — these are tools that don’t require such inconvenient legal standards as “innocent until proven guilty”. They don’t want these charges to face the scrutiny of a courtroom, or they would have brought them forward in this case.
Why wouldn’t the government bring forth the charges for the most terrible crimes of which he was accused? Because they had nothing to support them. This is a frequent tactic of government, used in many court situations to bolster a case that doesn’t have a strong enough one within the bounds of legal proceedings.
The often-referenced transcripts of Ulbricht allegedly ordering five murders have not been addressed by actual charges, and no evidence has been provided that the individual in those transcripts is in fact Ulbricht.
So no, Ross Ulbricht was not charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for murders-for-hire. He was charged, convicted and sentenced on the seven counts listed at the beginning of this article, and not one, nor all combined, justify a life in prison. [...]
The problem with this claim is that it is simply not true. It is a lie. It is a character assassination without basis in fact.
Here’s a fact: he did not receive a life sentence in prison for ordering assassinations on anyone. He wasn’t convicted of that. I repeat: he has not been convicted of ordering ANY assassinations.
Here’s another fact: upon his arrest in October of 2013, six allegations of murder-for-hire were used to sensationalize the story. Fact: they were used as justification to deny him bail. And yet, when this current trial, with seven charges was brought, all allegations of murder-for-hire were mysteriously dropped. These six biggest crimes, the most abhorrent crimes, that he was publicly accused of: they were dropped.
There is one open indictment in Maryland alleging he ordered a murder. One murder. This was not attached to the rest of the trial, and seemed to serve, like the original six allegations, like a character attack in the media instead of actually going to trial and allowing the facts to be brought to light. Conjecture, rumor, lies — these are tools that don’t require such inconvenient legal standards as “innocent until proven guilty”. They don’t want these charges to face the scrutiny of a courtroom, or they would have brought them forward in this case.
Why wouldn’t the government bring forth the charges for the most terrible crimes of which he was accused? Because they had nothing to support them. This is a frequent tactic of government, used in many court situations to bolster a case that doesn’t have a strong enough one within the bounds of legal proceedings.
The often-referenced transcripts of Ulbricht allegedly ordering five murders have not been addressed by actual charges, and no evidence has been provided that the individual in those transcripts is in fact Ulbricht.
So no, Ross Ulbricht was not charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for murders-for-hire. He was charged, convicted and sentenced on the seven counts listed at the beginning of this article, and not one, nor all combined, justify a life in prison. [...]
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One more thing detractors bring up in their arguments against Ulbricht on social media is the claim that Silk Road enabled such activities as identity theft, stolen credit card number sales and more. The fact is that the site’s terms of service prohibited the sale of certain items, including child pornography, stolen credit cards, assassinations, or weapons to any type. Claims otherwise are misinformed.
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Except, the accusations regarding murder for hire are flimsy at best. (Similar to some of the charges levied against him concerning "criminal enterprise" and "hacking.")
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The often-referenced transcripts of Ulbricht allegedly ordering five murders have not been addressed by actual charges, and no evidence has been provided that the individual in those transcripts is in fact Ulbricht.
So no, Ross Ulbricht was not charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for murders-for-hire. He was charged, convicted and sentenced on the seven counts listed at the beginning of this article, and not one, nor all combined, justify a life in prison.
Speaking of his conviction, an appeal is necessary. Rampant corruption was revealed after his conviction: two federal agents were under investigation (before and during the trial) and have now been indicted for corruption: stealing and extorting funds from Silk Road, as well as other crimes. One of the agents (DEA agent Carl Mark Force) was the lead undercover agent in the case against Ulbricht, and had high-level access to administrative functions of the Silk Road, including the ability to manipulate logs, chats, private messages, posts, account information and bank accounts. The details can be found at this article and this page.
The defense learned of these investigation details only five weeks before trial, but it was sealed pending completion of the investigation – they could not refer to it at trial, nor delay the trial until the investigation was concluded.
These facts literally change everything. They render suspect every piece of government evidence, including the logs alleging Ulbricht ordered hits, including the money transfers, and more.
So no, Ross Ulbricht was not charged with, convicted of, or sentenced for murders-for-hire. He was charged, convicted and sentenced on the seven counts listed at the beginning of this article, and not one, nor all combined, justify a life in prison.
Speaking of his conviction, an appeal is necessary. Rampant corruption was revealed after his conviction: two federal agents were under investigation (before and during the trial) and have now been indicted for corruption: stealing and extorting funds from Silk Road, as well as other crimes. One of the agents (DEA agent Carl Mark Force) was the lead undercover agent in the case against Ulbricht, and had high-level access to administrative functions of the Silk Road, including the ability to manipulate logs, chats, private messages, posts, account information and bank accounts. The details can be found at this article and this page.
The defense learned of these investigation details only five weeks before trial, but it was sealed pending completion of the investigation – they could not refer to it at trial, nor delay the trial until the investigation was concluded.
These facts literally change everything. They render suspect every piece of government evidence, including the logs alleging Ulbricht ordered hits, including the money transfers, and more.
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