Posted on 05/25/2024 5:58:14 PM PDT by RandFan
I know someone who knows Ross very well. Here is the thing about him, he is an idealist. He did not intend on creating a marketplace for criminals. He was a free market absolutist. He could have cut a deal, but chose prison instead. I think he was naive and dumb as hell, but he is not evil.
There is such a thing as excessive punishment. A lot of the J6ers have received it.
I don’t think anyone but a few hardcore quasi-anarchist libertarian types think Ulbricht didn’t do anything worth punishing. But you need punishment that fits the crime. That’s what the Eighth Amendment is about.
I think many would argue that in Ross Ulbricht’s case, the punishment was excessive. Trump is not offering to pardon him, merely to commute his sentence.
It’s worth noting that everyone else involved in teh Silk Road case got significant ly less time.
What a terrible idea. If Donald Trump were to commute the sentence of this drug lord, Donald Trump would be a chump.
Ulbricht was a prime facilitator.
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