Genuinely good question that I also don't really have answers for.

literal Bitcoin millionaires and dick wads of venture capital in the space and the very little turnout for this entire case is troublesome regardless of what you think about samurai, personally. Certain public figures in the space said that they were doing shit in the background, but that's all they said. Lord knows what they actually did.

The plebs who donated did their part, but when your enemy is the federal government, I'm not sure plebs donating will do a lot, unfortunately. And I tend to agree with you that begging tyrants for a post-conviction pardon is probably not the smartest thing to do, even if it does feel like doing something.

One thing is very clear in this case though, is that they were going to be made an example of, no matter what I think, considering, like I've said in other posts, this entire case hinges on a false premise to begin to start with. I see this as pure government power flex because they wanted to make an example of an obvious sore thumb sticking out.