I fail to see how running a website should result in life in prison. Life in prison without parole for Ulbricht vs one quarter of profits for HSBC that delivered the stuff and no HSBC executives held accountable whatsoever? Makes it look like Ulbrichts only fault was not incorporating and just not making quite enough. Even tho d guy happens to be misguided but It's just like opening a liquor store and getting a life imprisonment for someone getting drunk and killing themselves. With or without Ross Ulbricht, people will still use drugs. Well, d sentence was passed by a judge who earlier voted against detention of people supporting Al-Qaeda,the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners and she gave a life sentence so easily to a 30 year old guy, who ran a website. So, what are we talking about, corruption is everywhere. The world is so bleeped up... I just think the guy's judgement was too harsh, just a novice trying to make money, but he left some loose ends and he got caught, so now he's trapped...

If you don't know the story, just watch these (It's for computer geeks tho):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkRhBOZSw38

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8AXCLLIaT0