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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by devoply on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:16PM (#14457479)
I don't think it's just for a lifetime sentence for anything but murder itself... or someone who is an actual danger to individuals or society itself. I think what got Ulbricht in the end was the fact that he was acting like a drug kingpin and so they threw the book at him hard. It wasn't one of those things that did him in, it was all of those things combined that earned him a life sentence.
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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by nickpsecurity on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:59PM (#14457672)
That's it. Diversity of crime plus arrogance in execution usually equals a strong punishment.
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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by theWatcher37 on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @10:34PM (#14457551)
The biggest crime is that the people who wrote, voted for, and executed these laws won't see a day behind bars.
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