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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by ty6853 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:21PM (#42787536)
What do you mean? Trump just pardoned or commuted pretty much all of the J6 crowd. One guy convicted of crimes that don't require proving violence beyond a reasonable doubt is pretty tame in comparison. He is one of thousands.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by insane_dreamer on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:39PM (#42787717)
Trump know the Jan 6 rioters and supported them. Pardoning is important to justify his claim that nobody did anything wrong as that the election was "stolen by the Dems".

I can't imagine he would have known Ross Ulbricht's case.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by bb88 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:36PM (#42787685)
What? All crimes were proved beyond a reasonable doubt according to a jury of our peers. (Or they plead guilty).
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by ty6853 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:39PM (#42787712)
The violent element was not proven for Ross. The judge decided on preponderance of evidence he hired the hit man, and sentenced him as if he did.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by bb88 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:29PM (#42788185)
Ulbricht was convicted of crimes by a jury of his peers though.

There are no mandatory maximums in sentencing guidelines. Just mandatory minimums.

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