Quote from: gentlemand on May 26, 2015, 08:01:33 PM

Quote from: bennybong on May 26, 2015, 07:45:43 PM

Quote from: 15Lemon714 on May 26, 2015, 06:52:49 PM

Quote from: ticoti on May 26, 2015, 06:48:36 PM

I'd say from 50 years to the life in prison...

I had to go with you that is exactly what I think. He will never be released, kind of unlucky where he decided to set up shop, some parts of the world he would be put of of his misery, other places he would not go to jail after paying out others ten to twenty years. Lets see what he gets.

True. My jaw hit the floor when I found out it was an American - on American soil that was running the show. I mean fuck, come on! Why didn't he relocate to a mansion in a country where he could be protected?!? He'd be the 21st century pablo escobar ftw.

He probably thought he was invulnerable like everyone else who gets caught. It does boggle the mind a bit. He should've done a runner a long, long time before.

Even if he'd shut it down, he must've been aware that law enforcement would be relentless in trying to catch him.

It's always the ones who break new ground who end up without the rewards and all the problems.

He should have put his bitcoins through a mixer at a minimum.

He will probably get life with no chance of parole IMO. He pleaded guilty to setting up the silk road, but innocent to running it. That innocent plea will be the thing that ensures he is never released.