Yeah I remember they tried to frame him for the hitman stuff but nobody was able to prove that it was Ross that wrote those messages so these charges were dropped. He is only sentenced on non-violent charges. That’s my understanding at least.
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You are correct. His conviction is only on the 4 charges involved with operating SilkRoad.
According to what source?
Sorry it was 7 not 4 charges that he was convicted on, but all related to SilkRoad. Source:
Thank you. I’ll take a look.
In some ways the case provides a foundation for the concerns I have about Bitcoin as a currency. The FBI was able to trace and seize all of the coins associated with Ross and the Silk Road. That’s a big problem folks. It’s disturbing how court cases change the face of an event by quibbling over details. My question is, did Ross hire hitmen on two occasions, one for 80k and another for 150k, to murder individuals over money? If he did, provable or not, he belongs in prison.
Provable or not? What does that even mean?
“I think you should go to jail because you hit that old woman, provable or not”
Do you see how useless that argument is?
Also, IIRC the FBI said that they found the SR server from a Captcha that leaked the IP address that pointed to a server in Iceland.
I think there is a difference between provable and admissible in court as evidence. Did OJ likely kill Ron and Nicole? Sure, everybody knows that. Money, lawyers, and technical details led to OJ being a free man today, but does that make him anything but a murderer who got away with it?