Re: Ross Ulbricht faces a potential life sentence starting tomorrow.

I find it amazing how quickly we forget in the United States people are innocent until proven guilty of any charge beyond a reasonable doubt. Hundreds of years ago that system along with others was set up to prevent injustice by the wise men and women who suffered through those difficult times. They left us some powerful laws to protect our liberty but few even know or care any longer......

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I too am hoping for his acquittal, however looking at the evidence the government has so far presented against him, paired with my knowledge of Bitcoin, I somewhat doubt that he will be found not guilty.

If no additional evidence will be presented after today (this is not the case) then the burden of proof as beyond a reasonable doubt realistically has been met.

I think the same. He developed the website and the whole network but life sentence or 20 years it's too much...IMO....even 10 years is too much.

Well it appears based on the evidence provided that he may have sold mushrooms in the very beginning of SR1. If this was the case (and can be proven) then he will likely get a lengthy jail sentence as the amount he apparently sold was probably trafficking levels.

If all that can be proven is that he was running Silk Road then the major concern is that he was really nothing more then a forum operator. Although he was marketing his forum to people trading illegal drugs he should not be held responsible for what was sold on it