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As usual I think it’s a case of multiple narrative layers getting mixed up, and people looking at the same case but from different angles. Trump’s pardon is not without afterthought — he called the prosecutor “scum” which shows that the decision is partly motivated by vindictive behavior. Then most people agree the sentence was heavy-handed relative to the charges that stuck —even the appellate court said so (screenshot)— and needed revisiting. The murder-for-hire part also doesn’t sit well with me. If Ulbricht is guilty of ordering hits, then regardless of whether they happened, he deserves a long sentence on par with an actual murder But given the questionable chain of custody for the evidence here, and given that it was never tried by a jury of his peers, I’m eventually ok with ignoring that aspect of the case. Which means that Ulbricht, like any other citizen, should not be treated more harshly on the basis of a suspicion, no matter how strong So on balance I’m ok with the outcome

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