I can't quickly find a link to the transcript of the sentencing hearing, but it is very persuasive in showing the deaths of some of his victims and justifying the sentence imposed.
Appeals decision in the Second Circuit The appeals court looked at the case with a sceptical eye, but still found nothing that should be reversed, including the sentence.
Nick Bolton's book American Kingpin This well-researched book leaves no doubt about Ulbricht's guilt in a massive illegal drug trafficking ring, including his conspiracy to commit murder. The murder charges against Ulbricht are unproven, not disproven. Bolton's "Notes on Reporting" state:
Using an Excel database, my research and I were able to pull all of this information into one place and cross-reference every moment from 2006 to 2013 -- in many instances down to the second. And with that, everything matched up neatly. For example, when the Dread Pirate Roberts talked to his lieutenants on the Silk Road about taking a weekend off for a short trip, on that same weekend Ross Ulbricht and his friends posted pictures of him camping. When Ross booked flights to Dominca, the Dread Pirate Roberts was unavailable at the exact moment the flight took off and returned online, in a different time zone, when Ross landed. These overlaps showed up hundreds of times in our database."
He was NOT charged, indicted or convicted of the murder for hire allegation.
It was BS from start to finish
You need to do your research.
Drug dealers should be publicly executed by slow hanging or firing squad, on nationwide TV.