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He was akin to a one man cartel, why shouldn't he be locked up? I'd guess there is a high risk he'd do it again if he had the chance. Unless you think it was OK

• invalidusernam3 8y ago
  He definitely should have been locked up, but a double life sentence plus forty years without the possibility of parole for selling drugs on the internet seems like overkill
  • newnewpdro 8y ago
    Sure, if "selling drugs on the internet" were his only crime. I vaguely recall reading he (unsuccessfully) paid to assassinate people. Edit: Read it here https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/ https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/ Later that day, DPR messaged Nob. DREAD: ok, so can you change the order to execute rather than torture? DREAD: he was on the inside for a while, and now that he’s been arrested, I’m afraid he’ll give up info.
    • hanniabu 8y ago
      That was never proven, yet they used an unproven accusation in the case against him and nobody seemed to think that was an issue.
    • invalidusernam3 8y ago
      That's part of the controversy, everyone vaguely recalls that but is unaware that those accusations weren't even brought to trial (https://freeross.org/uncharged-crimes/ https://freeross.org/uncharged-crimes/). He was convicted of money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents, and conspiracy to traffic narcotics by means of the Internet.