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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by rhombocombus on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:38PM (#17550971)
Apparently in spite of that they still used that evidence in determining his sentencing. I am not a lawyer, but as I understand it it would be the difference between getting pulled over with a lot of drugs vs getting pulled over with a lot of drugs and a lot of guns that you legally own: Even if you only get charged and convicted of the drug possession the case with the trunk full of guns will in all likelihood experience harsher sentencing.
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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by ekianjo on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:41PM (#17550998)
> Even if you only get charged and convicted of the drug possession the case with the trunk full of guns will in all likelihood experience harsher sentencing.

That's not how the Rule of Law works.

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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by sdhgaiojfsa on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:48PM (#17551066)
It actually is how the law works, though, since (for better or worse) there is judicial discretion in sentencing.
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Re:Clemency petition for Ross Ulbricht reaches 7,000 signatu... by s73v3r_ on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:37PM (#17551492)
Yes it is? Are you honestly trying to say that one cannot take the context of things into account when sentencing?
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