This pardon seems justified to me. Nobody deserves "double life imprisonment plus 40 years, without the possibility of parole", as far as I'm concerned. Yes, literally nobody. And here it's even worse than that: the sentence was explicitly designed to be exemplary, i.e., to frighten others. That is just retribution, vengeance, posing as justice. America should be better than that.
I'm aware that this guy probably ordered two murders. The probably is important.
The court has no evidence that he ordered murders and dismissed the charges in such a way that they can never be filed again.
Right after Ross’s arrest, prosecutors in the state of Maryland filed a separate indictment that contained the only allegation of murder-for-hire ever filed against Ross. The indictment referenced an alleged hit on Curtis Green, a Silk Road administrator (more on Curtis Green below). For nearly five years, that indictment was left untouched, unprosecuted. Eventually, in July 2018, the District of Maryland dismissed it with prejudice, meaning it can never be re-filed or used against Ross again.[3][4]
The PDF referenced in 3: https://freeross.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Doc_14_Dismissal_Indictment_7-26-2018.pdf
Quoted site: https://freeross.org/false-allegations/
The court has no evidence
Not beyond reasonable doubt, no. But there was a preponderance of evidence, according to the court. I'm sure you already know this.
In criminal law you need overwhelming proof. So I agree with you, it's absolutely correct that he was not found guilty of this.
At least I can agree with Donnie on 1 thing. People choose to do drugs and kill themselves. Just let them do it. It's not like they would harm the US healthcare system.
Because now he can access his bitcoins and donate to trump? :-)
Actually, the FBI seized his Bitcoin, then a corrupt agent stole it. Pretty wild
damn, had to double check. didnt know but seems like youre right
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/01/22/ross-ulbricht-pardon-bitcoin-fortune-forfeiture/
