Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace

Re:Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace by echoangle on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:35AM (#42790476)

Sure, but the crime isn’t murder. And they aren’t getting life for it.

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Re:Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace by Pesthuf on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @05:16AM (#42791178)

If their business sold alcohol to as many teenagers as the Silk Road has sold drugs, then yes, they would get life.

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Re:Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace by butlike on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @04:39PM (#42797813)

Then why isn't the CEO of anheiser-busch given two consecutive life sentences plus 40 years?

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Re:Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace by mc32 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @10:11PM (#42800276)

AB-InBev does not sell directly to consumers. They have a distributor model of operation.

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Re:Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace by echoangle on Thursday January 23, 2025 @09:33AM (#42804391)

You mean how Silk Road didn’t actually sell anything but was only a marketplace?

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Re:Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace by realce on Thursday January 23, 2025 @11:31AM (#42805459)

Doing business in, or running, a marketplace without established legal regulations opens you up to undefined consequences. Without laws to bind you, there are no laws to protect you.

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