Russel Brand says Ross Ulbritch sentence is Punishment for being an Entrepreneur
Russel Brand does it again! Russel comes out in play on his new Trews video where he says: "The internet is a world of potential and possibility but it can also become a murky dangerous place. Ross Ulbritch proper hardcore life inpresionment gives us an opportunity to discuss, who does the internet the internet belongs to? Them or us?" Prosecutors said Ross Ulbritch was the digital kingpin of an underground website called the Silkroad. This website was properly designed so that anyone could easily buy anything virtually anonymously. And Ross became a martyr of the new age. Russel Brand....
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Free Ross-A-Thon online conference to be held next month to garner support and raise funds for Dread Pirate Robert's appeal. The cryptocurrency community is still trying its best to stand behind one of their own. Ross Ulbricht, better known within the cryptocurrency and deep web circles as Dread Pirate Roberts was the person behind one of the most successful deep web marketplaces — Silk Road. Ross Ulbricht was arrested for his role in promoting the sale of illegal drugs on the platform. With Ross Ulbricht currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole following....
Actor, comedian and activist Russell Brand has come out in support of Ross Ulbricht after he was sentenced to life in prison for starting the Silk Road. In a Facebook status featuring the video, Brand writes, "In a way Ross Ulbricht is the American Dream." Brand launched his political-comedy web series, The Trews, in 2014, released a book, Revolution, and began working on a documentary about financial inequality shortly thereafter. He came out in favor of crypto currencies in recent years. "He saw a new market and he went for it," Brand says of Ulbricht. "Is that any different than the....
The convicted operator of the world's most notorious online drug marketplace is hours away from being sentenced. Silk Road baron Ross Ulbricht, who has had its share of thrills and emotional eruptions during the entire case, has made every inch of efforts to receive a certain leniency from the US District Judge, Judge Katherine Forrest. He lately wrote her a one-page letter, asking to leave him his old age and grant him a minimum sentence - in this case, 20 years. Excerpt: "I've had my youth, and I know you must take away my middle years, but please leave me my old age. Please leave a....
Ross Ulbricht has appealed his conviction and life sentence for running the online drug marketplace Silk Road, according to court documents filed Thursday. A jury found Ulbricht guilty in February on all seven counts with which he was charged, such as running a narcotics-trafficking enterprise, money laundering and computer hacking. Ulbricht wrote a letter to Judge Katherine Forrest asking her to "leave a light at the end of the tunnel" in sentencing and to "leave me my old age." She did not. Instead, Ulbricht received the harshest sentence possible, including a 20 year life sentence, one....
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....