Quote from: hold-coins on October 05, 2018, 03:19:15 PM

The assasinations were dropped the fbi had full control of DPR when they were posted. That is quite shady. Whether he did or did not we will never know but how do off alll the time it was around the only assasination attempts where after they had gained access and were already posting as DPR. That is why they weere dropped. So you should not judge his sentencing Off of charges that were dropped.

I know they were dropped from the trial he was sentenced for, but I think the murder charges are still pending (or at least was) somewhere. Do you have evidence that the FBI were in control of Silk Road/DPR when the attempted assassinations took place? If so then that would change things, but the fact that he was still caught red handed logged in as DPR makes me skeptical of these claims.

Quote from: Dig Bicks on October 05, 2018, 11:48:45 PM

This guy deserves to stay in prison , he created a marketplace for drug dealers and assassins. You know how many people died because of Ross.

This is stupid. Firstly, they didn't allow assassinations. It was basically just a drug marketplace. Secondly, people should be free to take whatever drugs they want and the state shouldn't have any say in what you can and can't take. Ross or Silk Road didn't force anyone to take drugs and they did that of their own free will. You had to have made a determined effort to even find the site and it's not like you stumble upon it by accident and even if you did nobody forced you to make a purchase. I would even make the case that Silk Road probably saved more lives in the grand scheme of things because people could buy 'quality' or "safer" drugs from trusted sources rather than buying from unknown street dealers who could be selling you pure poison for all you know. If you think drugs are bad and dealers should be punished then fair enough, that's your opinion, but then so should nightclubs and 7-Eleven for selling alcohol and cigarettes.

Quote from: Dig Bicks on October 05, 2018, 11:48:45 PM

At least child porn doesn't result in death. What Ross did was actually worse.

lol. Come on now. You're either a fool or a troll if you make such statements like that. How can the rape of a child be worse than someone giving you the option of buying drugs. The only thing that Ross did that would be on the same or similar level of criminality is the attempted murder charges if true.

Quote from: cellard on October 06, 2018, 12:04:21 AM

As much as I love freedom and privacy, and while possibly the sentence for Ross is probably out of proportion (I believe they went all in with him to scare anyone attempting to do the same, and therefore get them scared and not attempt to do so) I just cannot defend this guy.

It was no doubt to make an example of him, but I still find life in prison for setting up a drug marketplace to be very harsh (not taking into consideration the attempted murder charges). Actual drug dealers and drug trafficking gangsters have got much lesser sentences than him.

Quote from: cellard on October 06, 2018, 12:04:21 AM

Anyone allowing for a market assassination has no ethics,

They didn't allow them on Silk Road. It was basically just drugs. The murder for hire plot was something that he (or whoever was in control of the DPR account at the time) organized behind the scenes.

Quote from: cellard on October 06, 2018, 12:04:21 AM

Some people lose perspective of what is wrong and right when it comes to freedom and privacy.
If you are going to be anonymous, behave and don't go around threatening people, that's simply how a coward looks like.

I would be with you on this. I can only hope that it isn't true, but I'll need to see some evidence that it could or probably was the FBI before I make my mind up.