Re: 2 life sentences +40 years for The Silk Road creator (PETITION FOR CLEMENCY) SIG
⭐ Merited by krishnapramod (1)
His punishment is certainly harsh, especially if we're merely taking into the consideration that he just set up and ran the site (disregarding any other charges that may or may not be true or had been dropped). Ross would have had my sympathy if he truly was just some entrepreneurial libertarian who believed in freedom and the freedom for people to use drugs, but things obviously took a darker turn here. I'm not claiming to know all the facts surrounding this case and I do not know if Ross was 100% solely behind the running of the site, but I don't like how he has conducted himself since his arrest in trying to save his own skin by passing on the blame to whoever else he thinks he can finger. I just watched the first episode of that Railroaded documentary on him that you provided in the op and it seems like a complete puff piece filled with lies just to try get him out of jail. He's trying to blame Karpeles with some very circumstantial evidence, and even claims he was behind the creation of this forum (is Karpeles Satoshi now?). I can understand that there's not a lot of options for Ross when he's in jail for life without the possibility of parole and he's obviously just desperately trying anything he can to shift blame and strengthen his case so there's at least some light at the end of the tunnel for him, but trying to pass the blame on to others who are probably 100% innocent here is disturbing. Ross is making out like he just created the site as a libertarian market and quickly passed it on to somebody else, yet he was caught logged into the site as the administrator at the time of his arrest. What's his excuse for that? He was literally caught red-handed.
If this is true, and it looks to be, then this is when he lost my respect and he should be treated like a power-hungry cartel kingpin. The only way he would be innocent of this if he wasn't in charge of the DPR account at that time, but when you get caught red handed running the site I find his excuses hard to believe.
El Chapo's trial hasn't even started yet. It starts next month unless it gets delayed again. He'll probably get life also, unless he has some genius lawyer. If he does get a lesser sentence than Ross then that will be a joke, but it also depends on what evidence they can actually present at trial.
DPR - Ross tried to get several people assassinated.
Paying hitmen $650,000 to kill five people.
https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/
That doesn't really fall under "he could not help other people posted assasinations".
Paying hitmen $650,000 to kill five people.
https://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/
That doesn't really fall under "he could not help other people posted assasinations".
If this is true, and it looks to be, then this is when he lost my respect and he should be treated like a power-hungry cartel kingpin. The only way he would be innocent of this if he wasn't in charge of the DPR account at that time, but when you get caught red handed running the site I find his excuses hard to believe.
El chapo is serving 20 years?? Ross LIFE research the case then come back and debate. What the news showed and what happened at trial and was proven at trial is another thing check the facts then I will be willing to discuss or debate my opinion!
El Chapo's trial hasn't even started yet. It starts next month unless it gets delayed again. He'll probably get life also, unless he has some genius lawyer. If he does get a lesser sentence than Ross then that will be a joke, but it also depends on what evidence they can actually present at trial.