Quote from: Whitehouse on April 03, 2015, 02:28:11 PM

Quote from: timk225 on April 03, 2015, 01:47:10 PM

Ross Ulbricht may get some jail time, but it shouldn't be 30 years. Maybe a year or two.

Lol. Charlie Shrem got a couple of years and his charges were minute in comparison. He'll be lucky to get anything under 20 years. His only hope is if they can prove wrongdoing by the feds on an appeal.

Charlie Shrem did nothing wrong. Ross Ulbricht did nothing wrong. The burden of proof is not on the accused. We are all supposed to be presumed innocent.

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Quote from: timk225 on April 03, 2015, 01:47:10 PM

Yes, he created Silk Road, but he never possessed any of the drugs for sale on it (probably), and he didn't buy the drugs (again, probably).

Wrong. According to his own diary he kept he was the very first seller on there selling shrooms he grew.

Growing and selling a fungus shouldn't be a crime no matter what politicians say.

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Quote from: timk225 on April 03, 2015, 01:47:10 PM

Those people would have bought and sold their drugs one way or another even if Silk Road never existed. So putting Ulbricht in jail does not serve justice or help anyone. Aside from making a website that specialized in drug sales, he didn't actually do anything wrong.

Not quite. I think you need to read up on the case and the charges against him. He also allegedly facilitated or helped to organize certain big drug deals. There's also the murder for hire charges and money laundering etc.

We now know why the murder for hire charges were dropped. It turns out they were facilitated by a DEA agent (allegedly) to cover up his own theft of bitcoins. This jury would have blindly found Ulbricht guilty on any charge that was put in front of them so I always wondered why they didn't just include the murder for hire charge as well. Now we know. Ross Ulbricht should have never been tried in the first place let alone serve jail time. All the evidence against him is tainted. The only reason he is in jail is because the government wanted to save face and put someone in jail in this high profile case. They knew they were going to have egg on their face but they wanted to have at least a scalp to point to as a victory that made it all worthwhile. Incarceration is a racket that punishes both prisoners and taxpayers. Only the most dangerous of criminals need to be incarcerated. Not Charlie Shrem nor Ross Ulbricht.