27 Ross Ulbricht - Jailed for 2 life sentences for non violent drug distribution offenses - sent to the SHU (the Hole) for doing a telephone interview (twitter.com) posted 3 years ago by SophiesBoyfriend 3 years ago by SophiesBoyfriend +28 / -1 10 comments share 10 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Yes - non violent - he was smeared with allegations of ordering a hit to force him to sign a plea deal.
Those allegations were dropped with prejudice by the judge :
https://freeross.org/false-allegations/
Didn't the judge also mock and use Ulbrichts's libertarian beliefs as cause to sentence him?
Thanks for the link, I hadn't head about the judge smacking prosecutorial abuse... although it hasn't slowed at all since then for all sorts of defendants.