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This is the country with the "war on drugs" that have 10+ year sentences to largely minorites convicted of possession of a few grams of cannabis so this really
by cletus 8y ago
This is the country with the "war on drugs" that have 10+ year sentences to largely minorites convicted of possession of a few grams of cannabis so this really shouldn't be that surprising.
Focusing on the crimes being nonviolent seems like a poor tactic. Look at the outrage in about no one going to jail for financial malfeasance, for example.
But I have 3 particular issues with the sentence here:
1. The government has moved him twice across the country from New York to Colorado then Arizona. The Wikipedia article mentions his mother moved to Colorado to be closer to him. That seems cruel.
2. Why a high security prison that's going to put him in with actual murderers and violent offenders?
3. Life plus 40 years does seem like overkill. I mean look at the sentences for the Elizabeth Smart kidnappers by comparison.
At the end of the day though I have limited sympathy. Like what did he expect to happen?
- lucozade 8y ago> Why a high security prison..? I'm going to hazard a guess that that's fairly standard for drug kingpins which is what Ulbricht was convicted of (amongst other things). > look at the sentences for the Elizabeth Smart kidnappers by comparison I thought Mitchell got life without parole too, no? Ulbricht's are all concurrent so it amounts to the same sentence.