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Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace

37 pointsby harporoeder01/22/20255 commentsview on HN

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steve_avery01/22/2025

Well, I think that justice has been served. The feds' prosecution of Ulbricht was the epitome of throwing the book at someone to make an example, when the government's case was pretty flawed, in my opinion. 10 years is enough time to pay the debt of running the silk road.

I am glad that Ulbricht has been pardoned and I feel like a small iota of justice has been returned to the world with this action.

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masfuerte01/22/2025

More comments here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42786962

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sidibe01/22/2025

Among other things this guy was trying to have people murdered.

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