Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned the creator of Silk Road, a dark-web marketplace where people sold heroin, cocaine, LSD, and other illicit drugs by using cryptocurrency to keep the transactions anonymous and avoid being caught by law enforcement.
Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned the creator of Silk Road, a dark-web marketplace where people sold heroin, cocaine, LSD, and other illicit drugs by using cryptocurrency to keep the transactions anonymous and avoid being caught by law enforcement.
OTOH, he did run what amounts to a illicit drug distribution ring, even if he didn’t distribute the drugs himself. So while the life sentence was excessive, I personally feel a full pardon is also excessive. The fairest thing would have been to commute his sentence, now that he has served (almost?) 10 years. That would have left the conviction in place, but also recognized that it is bonkers to put anyone away for life for a non-violent crime (especially when there is clear evidence that the FBI agents involved were crooks, too.)