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The justice system does not consider the murder-for-hire attempts "baseless accusations". From the sentencing document: > The Court must determine whether thes
by detaro 4y ago
The justice system does not consider the murder-for-hire attempts "baseless accusations". From the sentencing document:
> The Court must determine whether these allegations have been demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence and I find that there is ample and unambiguous evidence that Ulbricht commissioned five murders as part of his efforts to protect his criminal enterprise and that he paid for these murders. [...] The Court finds that the evidence is clear and unambiguous and it far exceeds the necessary preponderance findings
- icelancer 4y ago> preponderance This is a criminal trial, not a civil one. Preponderance is not sufficient. No witnesses could say that Ross = DPR in these messages, and the recipient of these messages is... an unreliable narrator at best. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/silk-roads-alleged-hitman-redandwhite-arrested-in-vancouver/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/silk-roads-alleg...