[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Who did he pay to do the killing and who did he want killed?

And why was no evidence of this brought out at trial?

You would think that would be the sort of thing you should be able to produce evidence of at trial.

Was he even charged with these crimes?

[Fuzz]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht

[TexasGator]

“Who did he pay to do the killing and who did he want killed?
And why was no evidence of this brought out at trial?”

The murder-for-hire was never brought to trial.

[Az Joe]

He was not charged for contracting murder and there is speculation he was flexing to build street cred.

Double Life + 40 years, excessive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Web_(film)

https://collider.com/deep-web-documentary-review/