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Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has been sentenced to life in prison

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Re: Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has been sentenced to life in prison

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Doesn't this seem unnecessarily harsh for what he did?

I am shocked by the verdict. I just read it. According to CNN, the judge made him responsible for charges that were dropped (paying to have people killed). In theory, he is responsible for everyone harmed by the infrastructure that he created even if he was not directly responsible in the harms.