platoose@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplacewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up158arrow-down1external-linkTrump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplacewww.theguardian.complatoose@feddit.uk to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoI’m not a prosecutor but it was presented in court and factored into his sentencing.
minus-squareplatoose@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-23 months agoHe was not prosecuted for any of the “murder for hire” attempts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)#Arrest_and_trial_of_Ross_Ulbricht
minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSo what? This isn’t a court room. The prosecution deciding to not file those charges because corrupt agents complicated their case and they had enough evidence to lock him up for forever plus a day doesn’t mean that he didn’t try his absolute hardest to murder five people.
I’m not a prosecutor but it was presented in court and factored into his sentencing.
He was not prosecuted for any of the “murder for hire” attempts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)#Arrest_and_trial_of_Ross_Ulbricht
So what? This isn’t a court room.
The prosecution deciding to not file those charges because corrupt agents complicated their case and they had enough evidence to lock him up for forever plus a day doesn’t mean that he didn’t try his absolute hardest to murder five people.