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>10 years of prison time for a single non-violent crime is extremely rare in America. Ross Ulbricht got double life imprisonment + 40 years for a non violent c

by dylkil 6y ago

>10 years of prison time for a single non-violent crime is extremely rare in America. Ross Ulbricht got double life imprisonment + 40 years for a non violent crime.

selykg 6y ago
I mean, paying to have someone murdered is, kinda sorta violent.
- nipponese 6y ago
  He wasn’t charged with it.
  - selykg 6y ago
    That's true. Wikipedia has this to say: > Federal prosecutors alleged that Ulbricht had paid $730,000 in murder-for-hire deals targeting at least five people,[29] allegedly because they threatened to reveal Ulbricht's Silk Road enterprise.[37][38] Prosecutors believe no contracted killing actually occurred.[29] Ulbricht was not charged in his trial in New York federal court with any murder-for-hire,[29][39] but evidence was introduced at trial supporting the allegations.[29][38] The evidence that Ulbricht had commissioned murders was considered by the judge in sentencing Ulbricht to life, and was a factor in the Second Circuit's decision to affirm the life sentence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Silk_Road,_arrest_and_trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Silk_Road,_arres...
haakonhr 6y ago
Didn't he try to hire a hitman to murder some associate of his?
- jki275 6y ago
  He wasn't charged with that, although all reports indicate he did do it. All sorts of conspiracy theories as to why he wasn't charged, most likely boils down to LE or prosecutorial incompetence.
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > He wasn't charged with that It was, in fact, pay of the allegations of the crimes he was charged with, and it explicitly was a sentencing factor. He wasn't charged with, say, attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder for the alleged murder-for-hire scheme, though.
    - jki275 6y ago
      Right, he wasn't charged with it. As I said. It was used as an aggravation factor (if that's the right word) at sentencing, that's true. But he wasn't charged with it.
      - koheripbal 6y ago
        Are you making a semantic argument about his attempted murder? Does that really sound logical to you?
kodt 6y ago
Some sentences are no doubt inflated in order to make an example of someone.

by dylkil 6y ago

>10 years of prison time for a single non-violent crime is extremely rare in America. Ross Ulbricht got double life imprisonment + 40 years for a non violent crime.

selykg 6y ago

I mean, paying to have someone murdered is, kinda sorta violent.

nipponese 6y ago
He wasn’t charged with it.
- selykg 6y ago
  That's true. Wikipedia has this to say: > Federal prosecutors alleged that Ulbricht had paid $730,000 in murder-for-hire deals targeting at least five people,[29] allegedly because they threatened to reveal Ulbricht's Silk Road enterprise.[37][38] Prosecutors believe no contracted killing actually occurred.[29] Ulbricht was not charged in his trial in New York federal court with any murder-for-hire,[29][39] but evidence was introduced at trial supporting the allegations.[29][38] The evidence that Ulbricht had commissioned murders was considered by the judge in sentencing Ulbricht to life, and was a factor in the Second Circuit's decision to affirm the life sentence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Silk_Road,_arrest_and_trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Silk_Road,_arres...

haakonhr 6y ago

Didn't he try to hire a hitman to murder some associate of his?

jki275 6y ago
He wasn't charged with that, although all reports indicate he did do it. All sorts of conspiracy theories as to why he wasn't charged, most likely boils down to LE or prosecutorial incompetence.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > He wasn't charged with that It was, in fact, pay of the allegations of the crimes he was charged with, and it explicitly was a sentencing factor. He wasn't charged with, say, attempted murder or conspiracy to commit murder for the alleged murder-for-hire scheme, though.
  - jki275 6y ago
    Right, he wasn't charged with it. As I said. It was used as an aggravation factor (if that's the right word) at sentencing, that's true. But he wasn't charged with it.
    - koheripbal 6y ago
      Are you making a semantic argument about his attempted murder? Does that really sound logical to you?

kodt 6y ago

Some sentences are no doubt inflated in order to make an example of someone.