Ulbricht posted that all he can do is “pray for mercy” after spending 10 years behind bars and meanwhile has amassed an online community in support of his release.
Ross Ulbricht the founder of the first “modern darknet market” has reached the 10-year mark of his double life sentence in prison after having his laptop seized by the FBI in 2013.The founder of the former online black market Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, marked 10 years behind bars after he was given a double life sentence by United States authorities in 2013.
Nearly makes me cry to see this post, the punishment didn’t suit the crime and people who have done much worse have had a chance of redemption,One user went so far as to deem Ulbricht as a"Bitcoin political prisoner" and said he is someone Bitcoiners can never forget.September 30, 2023 One X user pointed out that the prosecution in the case against Ulbricht claimed that he allegedly hired hitmen to have several people killed, though this wasn’t officially charged to Ulbricht and still remains a claim.Another user highlighted what actually happened on the Silk Road site, including sex trafficking and the drug trade, and how it was used by “terrible people to do this stuff.”
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