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2024-10-13 16:39:15 UTC - HELPFUL
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This post drastically downplays Ross Ulbricht's crimes. The court found it proven that Ulbricht had attempted to solicit multiple murders-for-hire, believing the murders to have been carried out after paying over $700,000, supporting his life sentencing. https://www.wired.com/2017/05/silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-loses-life-sentence-appeal/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-life-prison https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Murder-for-hire_allegations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpMP6Nh3FvU
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