Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht writes a letter from prison

The Free Ross campaign, guided by Lyn Ulbricht, is seeking $650,000 to cover Ulbricht's legal costs, including his appeal. Currently, it has raised just over $370,000.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/silk-road-creator-ulbricht-an-eternal-optimist-writes-a-letter-from-prison/


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[75 Points] None:

Life without parole is a disgusting sentence to be handing out for something like this, it's purely vindictive.

"We need to set a precedent to deter others"

Right...and how is that working so far? Is there a shred of evidence to suggest that theory holds any weight at all? That people somehow commit less crime because they read in the paper about a guy who got life without parole?


[26 Points] DownVoteMeYahAsshole:

Donate to DPRs defense fund here. http://freeross.org/donate-now-2/

I feel like I owe the dude for all the otherwise unobtainable drugs I've enjoyed.


[15 Points] SecondChanceUsername:

it makes me truely sad to read this and imagine myself in Ross' position. He is courageous to hold himself together while facing LIFE. A lesser man may have snitched or commited suicide or given up his appeals etc. It is hard to imagine that this is the same man that many of us conversed with in 2011; about freedom, politics, harm reduction and corrupt governments. I had hoped his identity would never be known, but alas it was.

So many OG SR members from the forum would brag about how theyd alway be loyal to DPR and to SR and to the movement in general. I remember one member boasting about how if DPR was ever arrested they'd HiJack a helicopter and help him to break out of prison.sigh ... Please donate whatever BTC you can afford as a thank you or tribute to him.

Ross has done many good deeds and some will argue many bad deeds...but 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone' . Leave this guy his old age. please.

FREE ROSS


[9 Points] PurpleBeamz:

I can assure you the prosecution & the judge already knew what Ross's sentence would be before the trail even began, the government doesn't like competition. Fuck the system!


[5 Points] darknetpotter:

No idea how he's staying so positive in the face of being screwed over royally. The only real hope is a change in the attitude to drugs in the next few years and some sort of retrospective pardon/lesser sentence.


[6 Points] newtothis1988:

Poor guy!


[3 Points] None:

Didn't this guy order our hits on people?


[2 Points] FreeTradeCocaine:

So let me get this straight. Guy sets up silkroad a dnm which, according to studies brings back violent crime levels and makes drug use safer because of community based forums and they invest shitload of money to nail him..?? Life sentence is no deterrent whatsoever its plainly vindictive because the system itself has been put into questioning. Prison creates delinquents. Government needs violent crime to justify their control policies and national security budgets. Dnm's pose no threats to that so does not fit in their system. Ross you are my hero!! People be solidair, give thanks were thanks is due. Helping Ross is making a statement against the hypocrite war on drugs. Donate!


[2 Points] mccoyster:

Because we would all be donating to a non-digital drug kingpins defense fund...


[1 Points] fuckingnameshit:

Those fuckers replaced some text.


[1 Points] None:

Can't they cross examine his letter to previous things DPR has said and potentially nab him for good? I mean those computer documents was enough to incriminate anyone...


[1 Points] thebullseye007:

I think he knew the letter was gonna get to us, no way Procfest is raising $300k on their own, this letter is intended to the former silkroad community.


[1 Points] OceanSwallow:

These "judges", they don't even deserve a title close to that, can delude themselves into thinking they have some power, but don't forget that God is the one who holds the real power in this situation and all situations. This is a huge injustice to Ross and to society in general. Praying to God for you, Ross, stay strong.


[-6 Points] 73991f5e8181076c81:

What a fucking scumbag. He hasn't said one thing to the community that has supported him through all this. But he has time to write a letter to a bunch of well off white kids begging for money. What a fucking asshole. Selfish prick from day one. He deserves what he got for being such a clue bag.