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I don't gloss over it, but like I explained here, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14216073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14216073, he was never form
by zkms 10y ago
I don't gloss over it, but like I explained here, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14216073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14216073, he was never formally charged nor convicted of it, there were multiple federal agents (Shaun Bridges and Carl Mark Force IV) whose corruptness was intimately involved with the hitmen incident, and finally, violence in the drugs trade is a product of prohibition, not one inherent to darknet drug markets or the drug trade in general.
Tbh after this nonsense happened I'm utterly sure that everyone involved in darknet markets firmly avoids doing anything involving hitmen anyway, given how literally every so-called "hitman" online is either a fed, a scammer, or a corrupt fed.
- tptacek 10y agoIt's not true that he was never formally charged with it. It was a factual element of his conspiracy charge; it was brought into the case in such a way that not only did the defense have the opportunity to rebut it, but, because it was one of the legs of the primary charge in the case, the obligation to do so.
- zkms 10y agoAh! I stand corrected; I take back all I said about the murder-for-hire stuff.
- XorNot 10y agoAh yes, always good to know that what keeps these self-described freedom crusaders from having people murdered is that they might get caught, not you know, the idea that it's wrong.