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Could Ross Ulbricht from Silk Road not get life sentence?
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht" rel="nofollow">Ross Ulbricht</a> was the creator and operator of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace)" rel="nofollow">Silk Road</a>, the first modern darknet market, best known as a platform for selling illegal drugs, until his 2013 arrest.</p>

<p>From the <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6ZJuXJPU7" rel="nofollow">criminal complaint</a>, Ross Ulbricht get double life sentence (<a href="https://pt.scribd.com/doc/283722300/Ross-Ulbricht-Sentencing" rel="nofollow">sentencing hearing</a>). </p>

<p>After he was arrest in the library, could he have done ANYTHING to don't get life sentence? If he declared himself guilty, could he get less time?</p>

<p>The life sentences were based on counts 2 and 4, distribution of narcotics by means of the internet and continuing criminal enterprise. In reviewing the sentencing hearing, all of the evidence indicates that the sentence was based on the nature of his acts, and not anything he did after his arrest. There is no way to know if prosecutors would have been amenable to a plea bargain.</p>
