Potential Ross Ulbricht Retrial Will Focus On Reducing His Life Sentence
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....
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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....
Ross Ulbricht has been continuously fighting for his freedom, and to appeal his life sentence he received for operating a website. Ulbricht and his family have taken the case to the Court of Appeals by questioning the investigation, court proceedings, and ultimately the harsh sentencing. On 4th December from 2-10pm EST, many well-known liberty activists....
Ross Ulbricht, the 29-year-old alleged mastermind behind the now-defunct online black market Silk Road has been indicted on charges related to computer hacking, drugs and money laundering, federal prosecutors revealed on 4th February. Notably, prosecutors found that Ulbricht engaged in "continuing criminal enterprise," a charge typically reserved for mafia members and high-profile gangsters, and sometimes referred to as "the kingpin statute". The charge adds 20 years to Ulbricht's minimum sentence, and carries a potential life sentence. Ulbricht faces a maximum life sentence for the crimes....
Ross Ulbricht, the convicted founder and operator of online black market Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison yesterday after being found guilty of narcotics and computer hacking charges in February. The severity of the sentencing quickly set off a firestorm of comment and criticism, with debates centering on the alleged hypocrisy of the federal government and the morality of its handling of illicit Internet crime in context of its actions against the traditional financial sector. Such criticisms, however, were interspersed with live drama, as standing outside of a New York....
Judge Katherine Forrest. Ross Ulbricht asked last week U. S. District Judge Katherine Forrest to spare him life in prison, admitting the Silk Road website was a "naive and costly idea" that destroyed his future. The 31-year-old Ulbricht expressed his regrets in a letter to Forrest, who is scheduled to sentence him May 29. Ulbricht faces a mandatory minimum 20 years in prison and a maximum of life. "Silk Road was supposed to be about giving people the freedom to make their own choices, to pursue their own happiness, however they individually saw fit," Ulbricht wrote to Forrest. "What it....