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>didn't he pay for a would-have-been hit to get somebody killed but it was actually an FBI agent (aka he got set up and fell for the trap)? I don't know, did h
by SamPatt 4y ago
>didn't he pay for a would-have-been hit to get somebody killed but it was actually an FBI agent (aka he got set up and fell for the trap)?
I don't know, did he?
The government dropped those charges, and then when his defense team tried to present evidence defending him from those allegations (note that two federal agents eventually went to jail for their corruption during this case) the judge wouldn't allow them to present their evidence.
Basically, he never got a chance to defend himself from that allegation. Yet it was used at his sentencing to show he deserved life in prison (for non-violent crimes).
- mike_d 4y ago> for non-violent crimes I get that a lot of people like to smoke weed and maybe do mushrooms at Coachella, but not all drugs are the same. Silkroad and other darknet markets sell everything from date rape drugs to fentanyl. Framing it as facilitating a harmless or victimless crime is disingenuous. Not to mention the ancillary services that often pop up like counterfeit documents, money laundering services, guides and tools for scamming people, and other crap.
- SamPatt 4y agoSilk Road had rules against selling certain things, which included tools for fraud. Drugs shouldn't be illegal. Prohibition has always failed. Regardless, he didn't commit violence. The distinction between violent and non-violent crime is a meaningful one, and I strongly oppose his life sentencing.
- 988747 4y ago[dead]
- mike_d 4y ago> The distinction between violent and non-violent crime is a meaningful one Consider someone who knowingly brokered a sale of baby formula that they knew was tainted with rat poison and killed dozens of children, would you consider that a non-violent crime that deserves leniency in sentencing?
- vitehozonage 4y agoSilk Road would not allow such a product