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Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by lukas099 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @04:30AM (#26445279)
He was not convicted, but it's pretty plain to see that he did it.

Fortunately, the people he hired for the assassinations were really just scam artists who conned him out of some money. The prosecution decided that it would not be worth it for the state to pursue murder charges in such an unprecedented scenario.

On the other hand, the assassination attempt was taken into account by the judge for sentencing.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by ashleyn on Saturday March 13, 2021 @10:47AM (#26447306)
> He was not convicted

> the assassination attempt was taken into account by the judge for sentencing

There are a whole slew of problems advocating for the ability for judges to sentence people for crimes they were never convicted of.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht – Decentralize Social Media by tekromancr on Saturday March 13, 2021 @02:24PM (#26449174)
I don't think a life sentence was appropriate, but I don't think you're concern here is really what happened.

judges have some discretion when it comes to which end of the minimum/maximum end of the scale to sentence someone convicted of a particular crime, and using facts entered into evidence and never contested when exercising that is pretty standard.

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