Read this dialog:
Later that day, DPR messaged Nob.
DREAD: ok, so can you change the order to execute rather than torture?
DREAD: he was on the inside for a while, and now that hes been arrested, Im afraid hell give up info.
Of course, DPR was right that Green had been flippedby the very same man hed just hired as an assassin. It was a surprising escalation. The Silk Road leader, who waxed lyrical about respecting the Silk Road community, was now pondering pricing for murder.
DREAD: never killed a man or had one killed before, but it is the right move in this case.
DREAD: how much will it cost?
DREAD: ballpark?
DREAD: less than $100k?
DREAD: have you killed or had someone killed before?DPR is for Dread Pirate Roberts alias Ross Ulbright.
This dialog is taken from: The Untold Story of Silk Road. Who want to learn more can read here:
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/In other words, Ross ask to someone to kill someone. Want to hire someone to kill someone. Paying for this.
It is enough this that him be punished with lifetime in prison or not?