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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 3 Feb \ on: Ross Ulbricht pardon coming tonight or tomorrow according to LP chair bitcoin
Whether or not you agree with the laws Ross was enabling people to breach those laws.
The legal system has little choice but to enforce the laws as they stand and have been enacted by the government.
I personally disagree with many of the drug laws but it is those laws that need to be changed...however probably most American citizens do not want most of the drug prohibition laws to be changed.
I hope Ross is freed but the laws that forced the courts to prosecute him remain in place in most cases.
Will Trump fix those laws?
You live in a nation state under the protection and limits of its laws.
You could choose to go somewhere else but most citizens prefer to benefit from the relative wealth and freedom of the USA.
Do you feel Ross’s sentence was proportional to his crimes?
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IMO the sentence was harsh- designed to discourage any similar activity.
The scale of the operation Ross established was considerable and from the point of view of the law breached numerous laws in a significant way.
I may not agree with the drug prohibition laws, but I can also understand how the courts are required to enforce the laws that are put in place by the elected government...and in a publicly significant case such as this I can understand how and why the courts imposed such harsh sentence.
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every sentence is designed to discourage any similar activity
you make it sound that this was exceptional
you may not agree with any law but also understand that courts are required to follow the law
courts don't enforce laws, they interpret laws
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cheers bro, yes i believe the judge said as much at the time, that the sentence was in part intended to act as a deterrent to future would-be silk road copy cats
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2 life sentences + 40 years
sounds reasonable
update: since the judge said it then she was reasonable... if the judge says that a harsh sentence is intended to act as a deterrent to future crimes then he or she is reasonable by definition
You have to admire the brazen hypocrisy of lefties who are normally against 'mass incarceration' are troubled by the pardon of Ross
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