Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht Sentenced To Life In Prison

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9. People died because of Silk Road

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/29/technology/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-prison-sentence/index.html?iid=Lead

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The judge also said there was "no doubt" that Ulbricht paid for murders of those who had threatened Silk Road. Prosecutors had charged Ulbricht with commissioning six murders-for-hire but those charges were dropped and there is no evidence that these murders were ever carried out.

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Ulbricht also apologized to the family members in court of two people who had died from overdoses from drugs they had purchased on Silk Road.

Richard, a father from Boston whose son, Bryan, who was identified only by his first name, died after using drugs bought on Silk Road read a letter he'd written to the court. "I strongly believe my son would be here today if Ross Ulbricht hadn't created silk road," he said.

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He was not a struggling guy selling a few eighths and dimes of weed to survive. He made huge money facilitating the sales of DANGEROUS drugs.