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Silk Road Questions Unanswered as Ulbricht Gathers 60K Clemency Signatures

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Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison back in 2015 for operating the Silk Road marketplace but many people believe he should be set free. The Ulbricht family, aided by his new Twitter account @RealRossU, has managed to gather close to 60,000 signatures in a petition for his clemency. Meanwhile, many questions surrounding the government's Silk Road investigation and the sale of Ulbricht's bitcoins.

The Many Unanswered Silk Road Questions Suppressed by the US Government

Ross Ulbricht is serving a life prison sentence for operating the illicit drug marketplace called the Silk Road (SR). Many people believe the entire Ulbricht investigation was an abomination of justice as there are many instances of law enforcement manipulation and government cover-ups throughout the SR investigation and Ulbricht's trial. Moreover, the family has explained many times that much of the details surrounding the SR investigation and the government's evidence remains a secret. One example is the public auctions of seized bitcoins back in 2014 that allegedly were taken from Ulbricht's laptop. Most of the results of the auctions are unknown except for the statements stemming from some of the winners like Tim Draper. Only the auction winners were notified by the US Marshals and the public has no idea about the exact specifics of the auctions, except for what they were told by the media.

Silk Road Questions Unanswered As Ulbricht Gathers 60K Clemency Signatures

The bitcoin auction Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests have remained unanswered for over 4 years.


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