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A full pardon means the individual gets their legal record cleared (as if the crime never happened).
by I_am_tiberius 2y ago
A full pardon means the individual gets their legal record cleared (as if the crime never happened).
- snapcaster 2y agothey don't get the 10 years back dude jesus christ
- ddtaylor 2y agoNobody will undo whatever has been done to him. I don't know all of the specifics but I have spoken on HN here about my incarceration at much much much lower level facilities. This man was at a USP and at other times other facilities. Those are places where even with the best intentions you are not expected to move in any capacity without serious safety concerns. We're talking "shower with your boots, a spotter and and a shank on you" environment without the slightest joke. It took a while likely because Ross is non-violent and smart, but eventually he was unable to stay in general population to some capacity. My understanding is he has spent significant time in solitary confinement or PC - effectively the same thing at these facilities, very small single cell rooms with a slot in them and the minimum required 1 hour of "yard time" per day, most of which has been suspended to some degree due to COVID and the slow response. The end result is this guy for sure has spent months to years in a very small cell, possibly without even seeing the sun. I didn't see the sun "for reals" for 6 months. A keyboard warrior can swoop in here and talk about how they cannot do this or how X time restrictions exist, but the reality is they just need to move you back to your cell on paper for a day and then back in or trick you into signing some kind of paperwork consenting. My heart goes out to both of them and I am reminded that I was the person that help mined the first 1FREEROSS Bitcoin vanity address to help crowd fund his defense. Lyn never gave up the slightest even during times that were fucking impossible to imagine.
- nso 2y agoHe tried to have someone's life violently taken away. He should have rotted in there.
- smeej 2y agoThe typical sentence for attempted murder-for-hire in the U.S. isn't a double life sentence plus 40 years without the possibility of parole.
- ddtaylor 2y agoThose sentences are given to people convicted of those crimes. Ross never even had that trial.
- ddtaylor 2y agoDo you believe any elements of the investigations or prosecution of Ross involved lies or attempts to frame him by agents?
- eddieroger 2y agohe doesn't get back time but he does get back status as a cleared individual, which comes with things like the ability to vote and buy weapons.
- namirez 2y agoI’m also wondering why a full pardon rather than a commutation.
- NovemberWhiskey 2y agoThat's transparently obvious if you read the press release: Trump analogizes his own personal treatment by the Justice Department with that of Ulbricht c.f. "weaponization of the justice system".
- red-iron-pine 2y agoTrump team wants his help running crypto shenanigans
- immibis 2y agoThis is the only explanation that makes sense to me.
- mardifoufs 2y agoSeriously? What a weird suggestion, crypto now has nothing to do with crypto back when he was running Silk road, and there are tons of crypto bros to pick from if the Trump team wanted someone to help run "their crypto shenanigans". I don't think anyone involved in crypto back in 2013 could've seen how much of a mess it would become anyways
- HWR_14 2y ago> I don't think anyone involved in crypto back in 2013 could've seen how much of a mess it would become anyways It seems that crypto then and now are pretty similar, mess wise.
- rtkwe 2y agoDoes he need help? They've already released two nonsense meme coins to bilk their followers and crypto people hoping to time the dump correctly.
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- zacharyvoase 2y agoThat’s not true actually. Like most things at law, it’s more complicated than that.