Do you know who Ross Ulbricht is? Most people in the crypto/freedom/dark web circles certainly know who he is. He's the creator of the now defunct website The Silk Road. An internet marketplace on the dark web where people were free to buy and sell whatever goods they pleased via cryptocurrency. Most being illicit drugs.
As someone who believes that the transactions two consenting adults make is none of my business and they should be free to do so, even if don't personally agree with their choices, I find this justice handed down to Ross as an albatross of injustice and a travesty to freedom.
3 life sentences is what Ross received when he was convicted of being the creator of the Silk Road.
No, he didn't personally sell any drugs. No, he didn't harm anyone, nor did he hire a hit on anyone.
He was to be made an example of, and for that, he has already served 9 years in a cage. 23 hours in, and only one hour out.
There are COUNTLESS murderers, rapists, and terrorists, who have received much less. In fact, most of the drug dealers on the Silk Road, received less than 10 years for their crimes of selling products to people who were happy to pay the asking price. The only caveat was that these products were not approved by the over reaching arm of government.
It's beyond time to end the massively failed drug war, release all non-violent offenders, and most importantly, FREE Ross Ulbricht and allow him to be a productive member of society instead of using stolen money to keep him locked in a cage for the rest of his years.
I put up this sign in my bar for anyone who wants to donate to his cause. It goes directly to his freedom fund.
I hope I live to see the day where Ross walks out of prison a free man.
Have you heard about Ross before reading this post?
Do you think it's ridiculous that someone who never harmed anyone could be sentenced to life in prison?
Morality and religious reasons aside, what logical reasoning could you use to agree with this kind of sentence? Or any drug related sentence for that matter? Assuming of course that there was no victim.
I look forward to reading your comments.
FREE ROSS ULBRICHT.
There are no boundaries to the long arm of the law. A victimless crime that garnished a sentence that surely doesn't, fit the crime.
What ever happened to the** Eighth Amendment.**
The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” This amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing unduly harsh penalties on criminal defendants,
Yeah, but when have they ever played by the rules?
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There's a good reason we named our last son Spooner.
It's all illegitimate.
Agreed 100%
People still believe he hired hitmen. His case is just one more example of media lies creating a false narrative for public support of government abuse.
The sad thing is, he was never charged with that. MSM spitting lies and manipulation per usual, and the sheep lapping it up.
Right. The media is entirely responsible for propagandizing the public to believe he did something he was never even charged for, much less convicted of.
I totally agree this was a total bullshit sentence. As the mother of a young man who is both a college grad and a veteran who served in Iraq and ended up sentenced to 6 years in prison on "victimless drug charges" I have had personal experience with the unfairness of our judicial system.
Ross is apparently able to do a lot more in prison though than my son was able to do because he is just dropping his new NFT collection and the article talks about his Twitter and Medium posts. Here's a link to the announcement about his collection:
Ross Ulbricht to drop his own Bitcoin NFT collection
It sounds like he's raising money for others, in spite of the raw deal he is now experiencing!
Idk why I'm not getting notifications, sorry for my delay and thanks for the comment.
I saw his NFT drop, good for him. Although I'd rather him just be a free man. I, sadly, probably would have ended it long ago.