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2024-12-31 15:07:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E69DC54344BE929B1C0F470B7011B23D97E3F4F6D4CBE377AB6026EF4E98A9AF
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In supporting his life sentencing, the court found it proven that Ross Ulbricht had attempted to solicit multiple murders-for-hire, Ross believing the murders to have been carried out after paying the would-be hitmen over $700,000. This thread fails to mention this fact. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-manhattan-federal-court-life-prison https://www.wired.com/2017/05/silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-loses-life-sentence-appeal/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Murder-for-hire_allegations
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