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Rep. Thomas Massie speaks out on the cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on Ross Ulbricht
twitter ^ | Dec 24 | Rep. Thomas Massie

Posted on 12/24/2020 5:21:31 PM PST by RandFan

@RepThomasMassie speaks out on the cruel and unusual punishment inflicted on Ross Ulbricht by the criminal justice system. Join Rep. Massie and more than 370,000 people demanding clemency from @realDonaldTrum at http://freeross.org.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: 8thamendment; americankingpin; bitcoin; bitcoins; bookdeals; cocaine; cybersecurity; dreadpirateroberts; freeross; heroin; libertarians; massie; nickbolton; silkroad; thomasmassie
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"The biggest violation of the Eighth Amendment in this country that I'm aware of ,,,"

This is great from Congressman Massie!

FREE ROSS!!!

1 posted on 12/24/2020 5:21:31 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Providing a means of selling black market goods is solely the domain of our government.
His crime was cutting in on their game.


2 posted on 12/24/2020 5:36:14 PM PST by EEGator
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The FBI was involved. Two agents convicted for malfeasance in the case. That’s enough for me. Free him!


3 posted on 12/24/2020 5:39:13 PM PST by Retrofitted
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To: EEGator

Ross was a free marketer. He is one of us! (conservative) same as Snowden.

This is urgent. If Biden gets in he will never see the light of day.


4 posted on 12/24/2020 5:39:27 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: Retrofitted

Did they try and steal the Bitcoins or something?


5 posted on 12/24/2020 5:40:44 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: RandFan

I think he should be pardoned.


6 posted on 12/24/2020 5:47:37 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

I would like a pardon but a commutation would be nice!

Just get him out..


7 posted on 12/24/2020 5:49:21 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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I am not surprised Chuck U. Schumer was the force behind this arrest. Chuck believes everybody's money belongs to him and he should be in charge of who gets what. This clever programmer figured out a way to cut out the Government middleman and that is the REAL reason he got life imprisonment. It was to send a signal to any other clever programmers Chuck will punish those who come between him and his loot.
8 posted on 12/24/2020 6:24:00 PM PST by Nateman (Democracy dies with voted fraud darkness.)
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To: RandFan

Read the trial transcript. Ross Ulbricht is a murderous drug dealer. His sentence is well justified.


9 posted on 12/24/2020 6:27:44 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: T Ruth

Explain?!


10 posted on 12/24/2020 6:36:25 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: RandFan

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11 posted on 12/24/2020 6:54:22 PM PST by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter)
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To: EEGator

Son never steal, the government hates the competition. From Heinlein’s time enough for love.


12 posted on 12/24/2020 7:08:15 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: RandFan
a link to the court docket. You can access the trial transcript here, Docket Items 196 and following. Also, many other documents.

I can't quickly find a link to the transcript of the sentencing hearing, but it is very persuasive in showing the deaths of some of his victims and justifying the sentence imposed.

Appeals decision in the Second Circuit The appeals court looked at the case with a sceptical eye, but still found nothing that should be reversed, including the sentence.

Nick Bolton's book American Kingpin This well-researched book leaves no doubt about Ulbricht's guilt in a massive illegal drug trafficking ring, including his conspiracy to commit murder. The murder charges against Ulbricht are unproven, not disproven. Bolton's "Notes on Reporting" state:

Using an Excel database, my research and I were able to pull all of this information into one place and cross-reference every moment from 2006 to 2013 -- in many instances down to the second. And with that, everything matched up neatly. For example, when the Dread Pirate Roberts talked to his lieutenants on the Silk Road about taking a weekend off for a short trip, on that same weekend Ross Ulbricht and his friends posted pictures of him camping. When Ross booked flights to Dominca, the Dread Pirate Roberts was unavailable at the exact moment the flight took off and returned online, in a different time zone, when Ross landed. These overlaps showed up hundreds of times in our database."

13 posted on 12/24/2020 7:43:49 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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He was NOT charged, indicted or convicted of the murder for hire allegation.

It was BS from start to finish

You need to do your research.


14 posted on 12/24/2020 7:50:04 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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To: T Ruth

Drug dealers should be publicly executed by slow hanging or firing squad, on nationwide TV.


15 posted on 12/24/2020 7:51:45 PM PST by kaehurowing
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He was not a dealer. He simply ran a platform akin to eBay


16 posted on 12/24/2020 7:56:51 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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I have done my research. The links I posted are only a portion of what I have looked at.

Ross Ulbricht is a murderous drug dealer. He facilitated the sale of heroin, organ harvesting, ricin -- anything to make money. And he conspired to murder. He paid the fees for more than one murder. Whether the murders took place or whether he got scammed by a real or pseudo hitman is not known.

17 posted on 12/24/2020 8:05:32 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: T Ruth

These were unproven allegations by the DA made in the media

HE WAS NEVER TRIED, convicted, charged or indicted of these allegations.


18 posted on 12/24/2020 8:08:14 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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Read, at a minimum, the trial transcript; the appellate opinion; and American Kingpin. You can read all of that in probably twenty hours or less.

Why be a dupe for a criminal who has money to run a propaganda campaign?

19 posted on 12/24/2020 8:24:05 PM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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Because FACTS are important.

You’re spreading malicious propaganda, FRiend.

He never was charged nor convicted for murder for hire.

The courts are corrupt which is why there is a campaign to get the president to commute or pardon him.


20 posted on 12/24/2020 8:29:48 PM PST by RandFan ( )
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