Trump has promised to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht

[Gyfts]

https://x.com/SimplyBitcoinTV/status/1794539670778634416


Currently serving life in prison, imprisoned when he was just 29. He's now 40.


What do you think?

[OgNasty]

Absolutely unbelievable. I really hope this is it and once Trump wins Ross can finally go be with his family.

[BADecker]

Right! Right along with the J6 people and Julian Assange.

[Hispo]

Right! Right along with the J6 people and Julian Assange.

Quite distasteful of you to suggest someone like Julian Assange, who has fought for a more transparent world and the spreading of the truth behind the surveillance systems out by the government would be compared to a handful of raging people who literally caught themselves on camera and on streams breaking into the Capitol of the United States.
Do you actually think it would make sense to give the same treatment to someone who broke your home and tried to steal and someone who set up a webpage to publish his news and talk about opinions which are contrary to those which are held by the government?

If I agreed with you and that implicit comparison, then I would seriously consider to check my moral compass and what I would truly stand for. Assange deserves to be free and talk his truth,  breakers in and those who defaced federal property do not get the same reward.

[DeathAngel]

I think a life sentence was too long for his crime(s). Yes he facilitated many illegal activities but he didn’t carry any of them out himself. He deserved prison but to never see freedom again is far too extreme. I would like to see him given a fixed term, maybe another 5 years or something.

[AVE5]

I think a life sentence was too long for his crime(s). Yes he facilitated many illegal activities but he didn’t carry any of them out himself. He deserved prison but to never see freedom again is far too extreme. I would like to see him given a fixed term, maybe another 5 years or something.

You're right. The whole scenario was like some political alliances indulges on collusion just to indict Ross in particular because the act of the illegal activity performed was in corporative to say the he's wasn't alone but only him was personalized for it.
I'm not in support of his illegal indulgences but truth being told is that there're lot of persons being done worse than Ross but yet they walks freely without being convicted or sentenced as Ross.
So I agree with you that the life imprisonment sentence was too much for him. It really feels sentimental of the jurisdiction in charge of the case.

[Majestic-milf]

 It would really be appreciated if Trump can be able to do as he promised but since this is politics, I wonder if it's not just another manifesto to get him into the good books of the libertarian party. Ulbricht was a drug dealer who exploited the addictions of people and profited off of it. This is how US attorney , Preet Bharara described him but really he's just a first time offender whose crime was to create a site that dealt on illegal drugs and other items but he didn't partake in it and this doesn't mean he shouldn't deserve a hearing and if Trump can do that, well let him.
There are many individuals who are worse off than Ulbricht but served less time( that's if they get caught) than him.

[Pidgeon]

Trump was president for 4 years while Ross was rotting in jail, he didn't give a fuck, now that he needs votes suddenly he remembers him, by November he will promise us to resurrect Hal if we vote for him!

[OgNasty]

I think a life sentence was too long for his crime(s). Yes he facilitated many illegal activities but he didn’t carry any of them out himself. He deserved prison but to never see freedom again is far too extreme. I would like to see him given a fixed term, maybe another 5 years or something.

It is a bit crazy and they definitely used this sentence to make an example out of him. For example, Amazon.com has been caught facilitating the trafficking of human beings as well as the sales of narcotics, but you never see Jeff Bezos facing prison time. Sure, Ross set his sit up to allow this type of stuff, but not specifically….

[BADecker]

Trump was president for 4 years while Ross was rotting in jail, he didn't give a fuck, now that he needs votes suddenly he remembers him, by November he will promise us to resurrect Hal if we vote for him!

When Biden signed a bunch of executive orders in the first two weeks of his usurpation, he did it that fast because it was all prepared for him by his people ahead of time. In fact, Trump derailed a lot of what the Deep State was doing. They didn't even have to think to know what to tell Biden to do.

Were there people who asked Trump to pardon Ross back in Trump's first term? The fact that Trump is getting around to Ross now shows that he is gradually getting things into place. Do you want to help Ross, or not? Biden has had almost as long as Trump to do it. Do you think Biden will?

[kentrolla]

This is the dirtiest politics being played wherein first they will imprison the whistleblower and drag their case for ages and when they are in power they won't give a damn and still have audacity to use their names for election purpose. We have seen how ross as well Julius Assange has been rotting in jail, never trust these politicians and rather they need to promise and manifest charges and punishment against department framing then in false cases.

[BADecker]

This is the dirtiest politics being played wherein first they will imprison the whistleblower and drag their case for ages and when they are in power they won't give a damn and still have audacity to use their names for election purpose. We have seen how ross as well Julius Assange has been rotting in jail, never trust these politicians and rather they need to promise and manifest charges and punishment against department framing then in false cases.

We are seeing a focusing on some things because of the needs for votes. If the current regime want to start proving that they are good, they need to do the things that the opposition has promised. They can do them now... if they are good. It will help Julian and Ross if they do it now. The opposition will follow through if the current regime doesn't do it.

While this is inconvenient to the extreme that things have to work this way, when the country is as large as it is, it takes longer to move it.

Absolutely don't trust the politicians. If you are a US, UK, Canadian, or Australian citizen, bypass the rulings of the politicians by learning the things here https://www.youtube.com/c/CraigLynch/videos. There are other places to find this info, like right in US, UK, Canadian, or Australian law.

[Gyfts]

You know who's really nervous about the election? Ross.

Today he will find out whether he is a free man or whether he spend the rest of his life in a cage.

[OgNasty]

You know who's really nervous about the election? Ross.

Today he will find out whether he is a free man or whether he spend the rest of his life in a cage.

He definitely has a lot at stake and a lot of people pulling for him. It would be amazing if he were let out and it makes me wonder what he would do with his life after incarceration. This isn’t the only reason to hope for a Trump victory, but it is the cherry on top. Hoping Ross gets the best outcome from this nightmare.

[NotATether]

Absolutely unbelievable. I really hope this is it and once Trump wins Ross can finally go be with his family.

Unbelievable as in I don't have a whisker's hope that Trump follows through with this promise.

That is literally something he could have done last time.

He begged Trump to sign his clemency but that piece of shit refused.

I still hope Ross goes free one day.

[BADecker]

Right! Right along with the J6 people and Julian Assange.

Quite distasteful of you to suggest someone like Julian Assange, who has fought for a more transparent world and the spreading of the truth behind the surveillance systems out by the government would be compared to a handful of raging people who literally caught themselves on camera and on streams breaking into the Capitol of the United States.
Do you actually think it would make sense to give the same treatment to someone who broke your home and tried to steal and someone who set up a webpage to publish his news and talk about opinions which are contrary to those which are held by the government?

If I agreed with you and that implicit comparison, then I would seriously consider to check my moral compass and what I would truly stand for. Assange deserves to be free and talk his truth,  breakers in and those who defaced federal property do not get the same reward.

Makes me wonder, since you are Venezuelan, just exactly where you stand regarding US elections. Want to see what I mean? Watch this short video.

America and the world must know this truth. - https://twitter.com/i/status/1851757826210734317

[coolcoinz]

Unbelievable as in I don't have a whisker's hope that Trump follows through with this promise.

That is literally something he could have done last time.

He begged Trump to sign his clemency but that piece of shit refused.

I still hope Ross goes free one day.

Trump has changed a lot since his first presidency. He used to be a hardcore fiat supporter, but now he surrounds himself with people who like cryptocurrencies.
I think that if he promises something now he'll feel like there's a debt to be paid to his voters.

Everybody knows Ross deserves a normal sentence. It may be 10 or 15 years, but not life. He was made an example of because the FBI was afraid of people like him: smart, difficult to track tech enthusiasts. They wanted to discourage young people with that life sentence and it didn't work because there are similar markets all around the web. Trump wouldn't risk anything by changing his prison term to 15 years. Prison is supposed to eliminate dangerous people. Those who are unable to live in a society and could continue to break the law. I don't think that Ross is such type of person.

[BADecker]

Unbelievable as in I don't have a whisker's hope that Trump follows through with this promise.

That is literally something he could have done last time.

He begged Trump to sign his clemency but that piece of shit refused.

I still hope Ross goes free one day.

Trump has changed a lot since his first presidency. He used to be a hardcore fiat supporter, but now he surrounds himself with people who like cryptocurrencies.
I think that if he promises something now he'll feel like there's a debt to be paid to his voters.

Everybody knows Ross deserves a normal sentence. It may be 10 or 15 years, but not life. He was made an example of because the FBI was afraid of people like him: smart, difficult to track tech enthusiasts. They wanted to discourage young people with that life sentence and it didn't work because there are similar markets all around the web. Trump wouldn't risk anything by changing his prison term to 15 years. Prison is supposed to eliminate dangerous people. Those who are unable to live in a society and could continue to break the law. I don't think that Ross is such type of person.

Of course Ross deserves what he got. But only because he never took the time to find out how to stand in court without becoming a "ward of the court." He signed up to become a client of attorneys... a ward of the court: https://ia802206.us.archive.org/30/items/278619049-1133656137412710-4046072623955558117-n/159018923-Corpus-Juris-Secundum-Volume-7-Section-4_text.pdf

[OgNasty]

Ross’ family has to be feeling pretty good about things at the moment. Trump is showing 55% of the vote at the moment which is a huge lead. When is the last time a Republican candidate has won the popular vote? I’m loving what I’m seeing so far. I hope there aren’t any last minute surprises this time. Although the lead this time might be too big to finesse.

[jvanname]

This is great. Now Ross can make speeches at universities about how not to be sloppy with security when the feds are after you.

Regards,

-Joseph Van Name Ph.D.