Ross Ulbricht Defense Requests Retrial Under Fifth Amendment
The convicted Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is currently seeking a retrial based on the assumption that he was denied his fifth amendment right. Last month, the 29-year old internet entrepreneur was found guilty of charges related to his active involvement in running Silk Road - an online drug marketplace. He was also held guilty for executing computer hacking conspiracies, and committing narcotics trafficking and money laundering. In its motion filed in New York federal court, Ulbricht's defense however accused the government of failing to "provide exculpatory material and information....
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Despite evidence which has surfaced since the first of Ross Ulbricht's two trials was concluded, a federal judge in New York has denied Ulbricht's attorneys requests for a retrial. Judge Katherine Forrest felt that Ulbricht's guilt was overwhelmingly proven by the prosecutors and that a retrial is unnecessary, apparently considering the actions of DEA Agent Force, who prosecutors now say knowingly laundered bitcoins through BitStamp among other crimes, unrelated. Also read: DEA and Secret Service Agents Steal Bitcoin from Silk Road. Instead, she believes that the actions of Agent Force are....
It has been nearly a year since Ross Ulbricht was convicted in all seven charges filed against him for his substantial role as the figurehead in the running of Silk Road, the infamously anonymous dark web drug marketplace. Now, his defense is filing to appeal. Their strategy is to seek a retrial by citing a long stack of abuses by the prosecutors and the court while convicting Ulbricht. The defense will argue that the court prevented crucial evidence from seeing the day of light. In particular, the evidence and information surrounding two corrupt federal agents who were involved in the....
Ross Ulbricht’s legal defense filed a reply to the government as part of his appeal this week. On behalf of Ulbricht, who was sentenced to double life in prison without parole for operating the Silk Road dark marketplace under the alias Dread Pirate Roberts (DPR) more than a year ago, attorney Joshua Dratel disputes the fairness of the trial. The defense has requested that Ulbricht’s “convictions should be vacated, and a new trial ordered, or that he be re-sentenced before a different district judge.” Ulbricht's defense had issued an initial appeal earlier this year, which was answered by....
Unfortunately, the claims of tampered evidence being used in the court trial fell on deaf ears. Although two corrupt law enforcement agents have stolen bitcoins from Silk Road and attempted to extort him, the panel of judges was not overly sympathetic to these claims. Ever since Ross Ulbricht was convicted to life in prison, there has been some significant backlash over this decision. In fact, his defense lawyer continues to question the credibility of the collected evidence. Moreover, two corrupted former law enforcement agents were involved in this case as well. Right now, a three-judge....
On October 6, after spending three years behind bars, Ross Ulbricht returned to a Manhattan courtroom to face a panel of judges, who heard his defense team’s appeal of the double life sentence Ulbricht received over a year ago. Three Judges Review the Ross Ulbricht Case. A three-judge panel reviewed arguments given by defense attorney Joshua Dratel....