Computer engineer Ross Ulbricht was sentenced two two life terms plus 40 years, but there's no reason he should die in prison.
2024, Ross Ulbricht expressed a birthday wish from prison. “Today, I turn 40,” Ross had his family post on the Twitter account he uses to communicate with the outside world. “I pray I’ll get a second chance at freedom before this next decade ends.” He followed that up a couple of weeks later with a lament: “It’s been over 10 years since I’ve seen the night sky. This is one of the simple things I miss the most.
I attended Ross’s trial and was dismayed to see the level of confusion from the judge to the jury, struggling to comprehend the complex and alien landscape of the Dark Net, Bitcoin, and the workings of Silk Road. There were some clear-cut discoveries: Ross was the creator of the site and the moniker Dread Pirate Roberts, even if others were involved in running operations and making decisions.
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