Dread Pirate Roberts did nothing wrong.
So much for Trump’s “Law and Order” stance.
“The former president has said that the death penalty should be instituted for certain drug dealers”
I would support this IF bankers who accommodate the cartels face the same fate.
That was brilliant and the crowd loved it. If you want Ross freed, DJT is the one to make it happen soonest.
Unlike the Associated dePressed, I don't see a conflict between endorsing free commerce and executing those who push illegal and deadly drugs to exploited idiots. But then again, I'm a rational American, not a Communist propagandist.
Bad move. This guy is rightly in jail.
Hunter agrees.
DEA Agent Sentenced for Extortion, Money Laundering and Obstruction in Silk Road Investigation
US Department of Justice ^ | October 13, 2015 | US Department of Justice
Posted on 10/23/2015, 7:28:21 PM by ExyZ
A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for extortion, money laundering and obstruction of justice, which crimes he committed while working as an undercover agent investigating Silk Road, an online marketplace used to facilitate the sale and purchase of illegal drugs and other contraband....
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.