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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:31PM (#17550898)
The violent charges were dropped during the investigation. In effect, he was not judged based on such allegations.

Wikipedia:

> "Ulbricht was charged with money laundering, computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic narcotics,[26][30] and procuring murder.[27] The charge of procuring murder was removed from the indictment[31]"

31 refers to: https://www.dailydot.com/crime/silk-road-murder-charges-ross...

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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by free652 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:35PM (#17550927)
He was judged (but not charged) on these allegations:

>The charge of procuring murder was removed from the indictment[31] although the evidence was factored into Ulbricht's sentence.

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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:37PM (#17550953)
That last part of that sentence has a missing citation. Do you have a source for that?
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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by gruez on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:02PM (#17551208)
the quote's from wikipedia
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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by JeremyBanks on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:35PM (#17550933)
> Ross is condemned to die in prison, not for dealing drugs himself but for a website where others did.

The transcripts aren't just evidence of murder, also of his direct involvement with the drug vendors.

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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:38PM (#17550970)
Do you deserve to be in prison for life for dealing drugs, which is a non-violent crime, when rapists get 5.8 years on average?
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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by JeremyBanks on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:43PM (#17551011)
> Ross is condemned to die in prison, not for dealing drugs himself but for a website where others did.

Maybe they could have asked that question instead of trying to spin this bullshit.

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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by ChrisLomont on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:54PM (#17551129)
You're comparing an outlier to an average. Of course you're not going to get the answer you want.

Some rapists get multiple life sentences.

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