return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoTrump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplacewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square176fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down110
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkTrump pardons Ross Ulbricht, founder of Silk Road drug marketplacewww.theguardian.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square176fedilink
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoHe was never criminally tried for those charges. That means just selling drugs have him two lifetimes in prison plus 40 years without possibility of parole
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoInteresting, I didn’t know that, though I didn’t follow the case too closely, but the arrest was big news
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, they pulled a fast one by alleging the murder for hire, but not actually charging him with it
He was never criminally tried for those charges. That means just selling drugs have him two lifetimes in prison plus 40 years without possibility of parole
Interesting, I didn’t know that, though I didn’t follow the case too closely, but the arrest was big news
Yeah, they pulled a fast one by alleging the murder for hire, but not actually charging him with it