First of all, leniency is usually expected (and this was the exact opposite of leniency) if it is someone's first offense or if they seemed like a good citizen

First of all, leniency is usually expected (and this was the exact opposite of leniency) if it is someone's first offense or if they seemed like a good citizen prior. Second of all, people missed my point I guess: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42792552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42792552 Third of all, the Silk Road saved lives. https://cybercrimejournal.com/pdf/Lacson%26Jonesvol10issue1IJCC2016.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawH90uZleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWaRZEsSYl2iiPUwcwGK-UjptFX8Ej6rx41sgyo-HzPTwksS1868VO0lcg_aem_ZdfDihyfDkwRuV0KxtX5Og https://cybercrimejournal.com/pdf/Lacson%26Jonesvol10issue1I... https://gwern.net/doc/darknet-market/silk-road/1/2013-vanhout.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawH90vtleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHU6IAM1nijsm0RzuJYm8rXEbaVlateGXtPGarIQkjlcJFK6mkwJa404ylQ_aem_k2RZVLEMVM9lgU45MtA_mw https://gwern.net/doc/darknet-market/silk-road/1/2013-vanhou...