>>>http://www.wsj.com/articles/silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-1432929957
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>>>Seems a bit excessive to me...
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>>If these transcripts are indeed true, I can't say I have much sympathy...
>>http://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/
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>>I can't believe I'm saying this, but this is one instance where I agree with the current DOJ.
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>I don't see the sentence as excessive at all. This guy greased the wheels for the destruction of a lot of lives.

I'm surprised that as computer programmers you guys feel this way. Do you two think that the gun manufactures should be getting life sentences? It seems sort of like the same logic doesn't it? What if one of us was to write some software for some of these new weed companies in WA or CO? We going to end up with a life sentence for doing that? How many lives did this guy SAVE because people could get their dope from a few clicks of the mouse instead of dealing with armed drug dealers? What about the 3 dirty cops in this case??? ya know they stole $80 million worth of bitcoins from him too. Yes it's sad when someone dies of drug overdose - but the blame for that belongs to the person taking the drugs. If you want to blame the guy selling them I suppose that is an easy-out for people, but this guy didn't sell them, someone ELSE sold them - he merely made a website where that could happen. What if a criminal is keeping track of his finances with Quicken?? You think the authors of it should get a life sentence too? Perhaps you guys could explain your position to me - I must be missing something.