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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by tptacek on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:12PM (#14457720)
One of the killings is traceable to an investigator. Four others were not.
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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by mirimir on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:17PM (#14457736)
Nob was apparently a very dark influence on him.

And nobody was actually killed.

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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by tptacek on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:22PM (#14457761)
Check out lawcomic.net for a good explanation of inchoate crimes.
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Re:Silk Road founder loses appeal by mirimir on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:38PM (#14457827)
Sure, I get that.

But LEA does commonly engage in entrapment.

Maybe Roger Thomas Clark is also an undercover agent. I wonder if he'll ever go to trial.

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