Not just the cops. The judge also broke every law on the books. Katherine B. Forrest, the Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced Ross Ullbricht to life in prison without parole, although the prosecution was asking for a lower sentence. And things don't end there. She is planning to prosecute those people, who commented against her on various blogs and websites.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/prosecutors-hunt-for-online-commenters-who-trash-talked-silk-road-judge/