[ConcernedCitizen]

His voice rings out across an audience of a few hundred people. His voice cracks as he talks about food being offered to him through a hole in a door. He talks about being in prison, his time in the box, Bitcoin, losing his freedom and his sanity. He talks mostly about gratitude and his own dream for Bitcoin. He talks about his mother almost dying in the hospital in the ICU while he was in prison, the guilt of it and he talks about the pain he caused his family and what it truly means to lose your freedom. It's more than being locked in a cage and the devastation. This is Ross Ulbricht, the creator of Silk Road.

Bitcoin 2021 & the heartbreaking tale of Ross Ulbricht

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[Dismas]

It's a shame Ulbricht received the same sentence as a mass shooter. All he did was provide a framework for sellers, yet he's the one being blamed for crimes he didn't commit. Hopefully he'll get a presidential pardon or something, because even 8 years seems excessive for what he did.

[ConcernedCitizen]

It's a shame Ulbricht received the same sentence as a mass shooter. All he did was provide a framework for sellers, yet he's the one being blamed for crimes he didn't commit. Hopefully he'll get a presidential pardon or something, because even 8 years seems excessive for what he did.

There was evidence planted (if you read the transcripts of the legal proceedings and sentencing, you can verify this yourself). The FBI used the site as an example and he just happened to be the person that they decided to manipulate. I can't put myself into his shoes, but I can defend everyone's rights, of which he has been deprived sometimes for months. He's currently serving 2 life sentences +40 years. He will die in prison, which will look great for the government's criminal division and did literally nothing to stop DNMs operating on the internet.

Additionally, here's a quote from Ross's mother, Lyn on how evidence tampering and multiple DPRs is a very real possibility:
“Joshua Dratel, Ross' lawyer, said a long time ago that we only know the tip of the iceberg regarding the corruption in this case. This week we have seen another big chunk of ice revealed: evidence tampering and apparently at least one additional DPR. If this backup of the forum database had not been saved or discovered; if logins made by DPR after Ross' arrest were not found, no one would be the wiser. This begs the question: how much more is there? Unfortunately we may never know, as it's the nature of digital evidence that it's easily changed, planted or deleted without a trace. That my son — or anyone — would get a life sentence without parole based on vulnerable digital evidence, especially when it's been corrupted, puts us all in peril.”

[Dismas]

It's a shame Ulbricht received the same sentence as a mass shooter. All he did was provide a framework for sellers, yet he's the one being blamed for crimes he didn't commit. Hopefully he'll get a presidential pardon or something, because even 8 years seems excessive for what he did.

There was evidence planted (if you read the transcripts of the legal proceedings and sentencing, you can verify this yourself). The FBI used the site as an example and he just happened to be the person that they decided to manipulate. I can't put myself into his shoes, but I can defend everyone's rights, of which he has been deprived sometimes for months. He's currently serving 2 life sentences +40 years. He will die in prison, which will look great for the government's criminal division and did literally nothing to stop DNMs operating on the internet.

Additionally, here's a quote from Ross's mother, Lyn on how evidence tampering and multiple DPRs is a very real possibility:
“Joshua Dratel, Ross' lawyer, said a long time ago that we only know the tip of the iceberg regarding the corruption in this case. This week we have seen another big chunk of ice revealed: evidence tampering and apparently at least one additional DPR. If this backup of the forum database had not been saved or discovered; if logins made by DPR after Ross' arrest were not found, no one would be the wiser. This begs the question: how much more is there? Unfortunately we may never know, as it's the nature of digital evidence that it's easily changed, planted or deleted without a trace. That my son — or anyone — would get a life sentence without parole based on vulnerable digital evidence, especially when it's been corrupted, puts us all in peril.”

It's definitely a rabbit hole when it comes to the shady stuff they did to make that sentence stick. They needed someone to blame for the evils of all the dealers, junkies, and fraudsters that used the site. In reality Ross was much more neutral.

[ConcernedCitizen]

It's a shame Ulbricht received the same sentence as a mass shooter. All he did was provide a framework for sellers, yet he's the one being blamed for crimes he didn't commit. Hopefully he'll get a presidential pardon or something, because even 8 years seems excessive for what he did.

There was evidence planted (if you read the transcripts of the legal proceedings and sentencing, you can verify this yourself). The FBI used the site as an example and he just happened to be the person that they decided to manipulate. I can't put myself into his shoes, but I can defend everyone's rights, of which he has been deprived sometimes for months. He's currently serving 2 life sentences +40 years. He will die in prison, which will look great for the government's criminal division and did literally nothing to stop DNMs operating on the internet.

Additionally, here's a quote from Ross's mother, Lyn on how evidence tampering and multiple DPRs is a very real possibility:
“Joshua Dratel, Ross' lawyer, said a long time ago that we only know the tip of the iceberg regarding the corruption in this case. This week we have seen another big chunk of ice revealed: evidence tampering and apparently at least one additional DPR. If this backup of the forum database had not been saved or discovered; if logins made by DPR after Ross' arrest were not found, no one would be the wiser. This begs the question: how much more is there? Unfortunately we may never know, as it's the nature of digital evidence that it's easily changed, planted or deleted without a trace. That my son — or anyone — would get a life sentence without parole based on vulnerable digital evidence, especially when it's been corrupted, puts us all in peril.”

It's definitely a rabbit hole when it comes to the shady stuff they did to make that sentence stick. They needed someone to blame for the evils of all the dealers, junkies, and fraudsters that used the site. In reality Ross was much more neutral.

Right! And I'm not defending his actions. But there was a system put in place to specifically threaten him, his livelihood, his work, and his freedom. I don't know about others' circumstances, but I would do just about anything to ensure that my empire didn't fall overnight and I can probably say that the same is true for most others, regardless if they're willing to admit it. Humans will do anything to maintain a semblance of control over their surroundings, it's our nature. So the best way to show others under Ross that what they were doing was something that the government didn't like, was to cut him down in his prime, as the head of the snake, so to speak. You cut that off? The rest of the body dies shortly after. Like any occupying/occupational force, they're going to want to strive to take the leadership out of the equation, because without leadership there can be no operational/local regime.

[404errorist]

I didn't know he called in. That conference was a success it looks like.

I'm watching this while.browsing sinisterly

[d4ggm4sk]

@"Dismas" @"vittring" my opinion about this person is that he should just be killed. he was a disgusting manwhore, and if I had seen him irl,
i would beat the shit out of him, from my 7 years of martial arts, I can easily knock a person out to death,
and yeah, my opinion about this cockroach of a worthless slime, is that I would punch him so hard in the face that he dies.
i would murder him on sight, because his life is so low in my eyes. i truly despise him, and wish death to his family.
a complete loser, and anyone who says anything positive about him is a loser without skillz.

now you wonder am I prejudicial? no - thats your prejudice against me, that you have to work with. ciao.

[ConcernedCitizen]

@"Dismas" @"vittring" my opinion about this person is that
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Wow. Don't ever comment on something I post again. That's incredibly disrespectful. Nobody deserves what you just said. Stop projecting your anger onto others, please.

[Dismas]

@"Dismas" @"vittring" my opinion about this person is that he should just be killed. he was a disgusting manwhore, and if I had seen him irl,
i would beat the shit out of him, from my 7 years of martial arts, I can easily knock a person out to death,
and yeah, my opinion about this cockroach of a worthless slime, is that I would punch him so hard in the face that he dies.
i would murder him on sight, because his life is so low in my eyes. i truly despise him, and wish death to his family.
a complete loser, and anyone who says anything positive about him is a loser without skillz.

now you wonder am I prejudicial? no - thats your prejudice against me, that you have to work with. ciao.

And this is why you're banned...