AlphaBay's founder sentence of 11 years behind bars makes me wonder even more why Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to a double life (?!?!?!) in prison plus 40 years, with no possibility of pardon. Laws made by imbecils, which were elected by other imbecils. Excepting the difference in sentences for the same offense, how can a man spend two lives in prison? Plus the 40 years which are as a bonus. 40 years he can spend (hopefully). Also 1 life. But nobody can spend a second life in prison.
That's in case the 40 years are counted first. But if his life is counted first, then he'll spend one life in prison and that's all. What wil the judge do hearing that the convinct was unable to spend a second life in prison, nor the extra 40 years? Will the judge rule to resurrect the poor man?!
First, Bryan Herrell is not the founder of AlphaBay. He was just a moderator, someone who settles disputes among sellers and buyers. His other job as a scam watcher was to make sure the marketplace is free from scammers. The alleged founder, Alexandre Cazes, already died more than 3 years ago apparently by suicide, a week after his arrest and before he was extradited to the US.
In a way, Bryan was just a conspirator so his sentence is expectedly a lot lighter than Ross'. Ulbricht was actually convicted of multiple crimes.
As to Ross' sentence, each crime conviction comes with a separate imprisonment term, thus, having been convicted of multiple crimes, the penalty also adds up.