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A comment on Change.org: Clemency for Ross Ulbricht, Serving Double Life for a Website.

Re:Change.org: Clemency for Ross Ulbricht, Serving Double Li... by Moneysac on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @06:08PM (#17562470)
Ross Ulbricht, the developer of Silk Road, is serving a double life sentence plus 40 years, without the possibility of parole. There is no doubt that it was illegal. However, a lot of people think that the sentence is overblown compared to other crimes. Sign the petition if you agree with that.
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Re:Change.org: Clemency for Ross Ulbricht, Serving Double Li... by gokvokbok on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @07:50PM (#17562989)
Certainly seems high when you look at the other white-collar criminals and the damage they can do, and what they receive for it (bankers for instance).

On the flip side, he enabled (hard) drug-dealing on an Internet scale, with all that would entail, and all the damages done to the 'victims', for profit. It's tough to muster sympathy.

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