[Governor Dinwiddie]

"It's all fun and games until somedbody shoots their eye out."

[Robert DeLong]

Silk Road was a dark website that sold drugs and other illegal things. He was sentenced to 2 life terms plus 40 years.

[BRL]

I ruined my life and caused a lot of pain

I think I would be a bit more impressed if he expanded on this sentence quite a bit.

[aynrandfreak]

I saw his mom trying to promote his release at FreedomFest in July. She seems to understand it’s a long shot.

[Trump20162020]

Supposedly, Donald Trump thought about commuting his sentence, but obviously ended up not doing so.

[libh8er]

I had sympathy for him until I read he hired a hitman to kill someone.

[sergeantdave]

Ross forgot to cut the deep state into his business. If he had, he’d probably be a US senator.

The weenie deep state soi bois fear men with rifles, not people who start businesses.

[T Ruth]

How does this inmate have access to a Twitter account?

[wastedyears]

Ross Ulbricht did nothing wrong.

[piasa]

Weren’t there some secret service or Don guys accused of funneling bitcoin to themselves during this investigation?

[tanstaafl.72555]

Everyone focuses on Silk Road and the horrors of allowing people to interact there, and all the blue haired crusaders hear “THEY SOLD DRUGS!!! DRUGS I TELL YOU!”

That is not where Ross screwed up. He actually contracted two murder for hires HIMSELF to protect his assets. It is why, although I am in theory a defender of Silk Road, I have to say Ross just got what was coming to him.

The first murder for hire was a complex scam where some fake customers developed a fake spat and faked losing money for drugs and then threatened to go to the cops. Another fake customer steps up and says he knows of a Hells Angel hit man who can take customer 1 out. Ross paid the guy in BTC, the hit man killed the bothersome customer, and all was well. It turned out none of the characters even existed. It was an elaborate scam and Ross was beautifully snookered.

The second hit man was an FBI undercover agent that Ross paid to kill another perceived threat to Silk Road.

So, while I do not do any drugs, any time, ever, I will defend the NON OBLIGATION of a site purveyor to keep tabs over what is bought and sold and would argue from that alone that Ross is innocent..., that is not the root reason why he belongs in jail. You can’t just kill those who threaten your financial stability.

Sorry. Not with him on this one.