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> does anyone seriously dispute that Ross paid an undercover agent to murder someone Yes at least one person does, the defendant. And given that the investiga
by CPLX 8y ago
> does anyone seriously dispute that Ross paid an undercover agent to murder someone
Yes at least one person does, the defendant.
And given that the investigating officers were -- literally -- criminals, it's not a stretch to say there's the possibility of reasonable doubt here. Someone willing to fabricate stories about stolen bitcoins could be considered likely to have fabricated other things too.
- vkou 8y agoRoss doesn't deny sending the messages where he ordered the hit. He has a marvelous, fantastic story for why he sent them, where he claims that he knew for a certainty that he was not actually ordering a 'real' hit, yet still wired hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin to the assassin. It's about as plausible as 'This pound of cocaine, along with a stolen 9mm handgun fell from the sky, right into my person, your honor, I swear they aren't mine.' There's possibility, with all the police misconduct, for him to claim something similar to the 'fruit of the poisoned tree', which might hypothetically. get the conviction thrown out. But its pretty much a certainty that he ran a drug marketplace, and tried to assassinate someone.