The Bloomberg story[1] had some excellent excerpts from sentencing: U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan rejected Ulbricht’s claim that he was na

The Bloomberg story[1] had some excellent excerpts from sentencing: U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan rejected Ulbricht’s claim that he was naive and impulsive when he started Silk Road as an economic experiment. “It was a carefully planned life’s work,” Forrest told him Friday. “It was your opus.” and: Ulbricht, who plans an appeal, asked for mercy in a May 26 letter to the judge. He called Silk Road a “naive and costly idea” that had ruined his life. “I’ve had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years, but please leave me my old age,” Ulbricht wrote. “Please, leave a small light at the end of the tunnel.” So much for mercy. [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-29/silk-road-mastermind-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-drug-bazaar http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-29/silk-road-...