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LarsDu88 | on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
People have served more time for selling less drugs and attempting to murder fewer people than Ross Ulbricht did.

Just because he was decent with computers does not mean he should be busted out of jail.

scarab92 | parent | next
The attempted murder charge was dropped.

Under our system that means he should be considered innocent of it.

This conversation is messy mostly because people are refusing to do that, which is akin to vigilantism.

A good faith discussion should only involve the charge he was convicted of and pardoned for, which is the narcotics charge.

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rappatic | parent | next
What makes you think I support those people being locked up either? Also, afaik Ulbricht didn't sell drugs himself, he simply provided an unmoderated marketplace.
arcticbull | root | parent | next
Because attempted murder is bad. I didn't think that would be contentious.
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eviks | parent
People also served no time for selling more drugs and actually murdering more people.