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
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minus-squareClbull@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·3 months ago He wasn’t charged with murder for hire. Two of the DEA agents that solicited this actually tried to steal millions from the seizure, and each received custodial sentences for it. The other time he tried to hire a hitman, it was a crypto scammer.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 months agoOh ok, so he only tried to hire a hitman once. Yeah, let him out. /s
minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoThat’s a fair point that he wasn’t convicted for murder-for-hire, but it still factored into his sentencing. Also, being shitty at murder-for-hire doesn’t make you less guilty of the attempt.
Oh ok, so he only tried to hire a hitman once. Yeah, let him out. /s
That’s a fair point that he wasn’t convicted for murder-for-hire, but it still factored into his sentencing. Also, being shitty at murder-for-hire doesn’t make you less guilty of the attempt.