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This is an interesting perspective on just "how much of a crime" that was: http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/06/some-notes-about-ulbricht-verdict.html http://blog
by higherpurpose 11y ago
This is an interesting perspective on just "how much of a crime" that was:
http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/06/some-notes-about-ulbricht-verdict.html http://blog.erratasec.com/2015/06/some-notes-about-ulbricht-...
I haven't followed this too closely, and maybe he is guilty of attempting to murder people and such, but it does look like the government/judge wanted to punish him with a life sentence mostly for the the fact that he created a "drug market outside the reach of the law" (or whatever).
- tzs 11y agoArs covered this much better than did Wired [1]. That's what you want to read to get a decent picture of the factors that went into his sentence (assuming you don't get a copy of the court transcript and read that). [1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/ulbricht-at-sentencing-i-respect-the-law-and-its-authority/#p3 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/ulbricht-at-sente...