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He wasn't charged with those offences but evidence was produced of them which factored into his sentencing, as Ulbricht ordered the killings to support his drug
by JoeSmithson 7y ago
He wasn't charged with those offences but evidence was produced of them which factored into his sentencing, as Ulbricht ordered the killings to support his drug trafficking operation.
He doesn't need to be found guilty of those offences for it to factor into sentencing. It would be different if the evidence was not produced at his trial, but given that it was produced, the judge can consider it.
- dooglius 7y ago> He doesn't need to be found guilty of those offences for it to factor into sentencing That seems very wrong to me, the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" should extend to sentencing
- luckylion 7y ago> That seems very wrong to me, the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" should extend to sentencing That's quite impossible, isn't it? Motives regularly play a role in sentencing and you cannot prove those, only deeds. You can believe it to be very likely that somebody did X because of Y and not because of Z, but you can't prove it.