You can read more about Ross' case here:Can you explain what this free Ross thing is about? He was caught trying to plan a murder no? How would he be eligible to be freed?
Brief Summary
Ross Ulbricht, a peaceful 32-year-old, was given double life without parole for all non-violent charges for his alleged role in the Silk Road website. No victim was named at trial. Silk Road was a “dark web” site, based on a libertarian philosophy of a free market, where people the world over could trade bitcoin for a variety of goods, not all of them legal.
The investigation, trial and sentencing are rife with government corruption, abuse, and violations, including:
Warrantless seizure of Silk Road server:
It is still not determined if this was the result of illegal government hacking.
Corrupt federal investigators hidden from jury:
While working for the DEA, Secret Service and NSA, two federal agents stole over $1 million from the site while investigating it. They had unfettered access to the site and server, with the ability to tamper unreservedly. They are now in prison, while the extent of the corruption remains undisclosed.
Note: Additional corruption has now been uncovered as well as something particularly odd.
Defense cross examination repeatedly curtailed or denied at trial.
Defense witnesses blocked from testifying.
Unproven, uncharged, unconvicted allegations of murder-for-hire were used to deprive Ross of bail; prejudice the jury; justify a draconian life sentence; and are included in the government’s reply in the appeal.
4th Amendment violations:
Illegal general warrants and warrantless pen traps were used in the investigation.
Sentenced to double life without parole + 40 years for all non-violent charges.
Case now in appeal: Ross and his defense team are challenging these and other violations. At stake are, among other issues, due process rights and fair trials; important precedents impacting 4th Amendment rights, privacy and sentencing.
Can you explain what this free Ross thing is about? He was caught trying to plan a murder no? How would he be eligible to be freed?
Can you explain what this free Ross thing is about? He was caught trying to plan a murder no? How would he be eligible to be freed?
................ source: https://freeross.org/the-trial/?v=79cba1185463Making a Murderer
The New York prosecution has never indicted Ross for
murder-for-hire, and no one was ever murdered. Yet they used this allegation to
deprive Ross of bail and smear his name. New York also failed to include in its
case the one Maryland charge, which is over three years old, unproven and possibly
vulnerable to legal challenges. Ross’ lawyer believes that the absence of
the Maryland charge in the New York trial demonstrates that it has no
merit.
Despite the fact that were no charges at trial; no murders occurred; and Ross has no history of violence, the court permitted the prosecution to talk about these “uncharged crimes,” or surplusage, to the jury.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Timothy Howard said to the jury: “Now, to be clear, the defendant has not been charged for these attempted murders here. You’re not required to make any findings about them. And the government does not contend that those murders actually occurred.” But then he proceeded to talk about it for hours.
How can this not prejudice a jury? And how can it not prejudice the public when many in the media repeat this narrative, some even asserting that Ross was convicted of actual murder!
The defense argued that this inclusion in the court documents is prejudicial and irrelevant to Ross’s actual charges, but the judge denied requests for them to be removed. This issue is now part of the appeal.
Our question is, if the government is so sure of these allegations,
why not charge Ross for them? Or is this simply a tactic
to convict him in the court of public opinion where you don’t need proof, prejudice a jury and justify a draconian sentence? Accusations are easy, especially when the press applies no
skepticism to government statements. Proof is another matter. That’s what
trials are for and what Ross was deprived of.
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