What confuses me about Ross isn't whether he was sentenced to life or got off completely free. Ross strikes me as a pretty bright kid. He must have known that the Christian Puritan laws in this country would eventually catch up with him because he wasn't 12 years old and tried to hide his identity. He's not a martyr because he did try very hard to hide his real identity. Martyrs usually want everyone to know who they are and don't mind taking a bullet for the team. What confuses me is why this bright kid didn't leave America to run his illegal business? Why stay in the Christian Lions jaws waiting for the eventual bite? Makes no sense to me.
It makes sense if he really was the fall guy that he claimed to be. Andy Greenburg said that Ulbritch had a mole in the investigation. No, DPR had a mole. If DPR was tipped off that the Feds were closing in on him, it is plausible that Ulbricht is just the fall guy. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing Ulbricht is guilty of is trying to remove a spam post from the Silk Road forums. 30 years for removing a spam post.