Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison
by Sam Thielman in New York from Technology | The Guardian on (#A1CC)
Thirty-one-year-old behind illegal online drug emporium handed five sentences - including two for life - to be served concurrently with no chance of parole
Ross Ulbricht, the man behind illegal online drug emporium Silk Road, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday by Judge Katherine Forrest of Manhattan's US district court for the southern district of New York.
Before the sentencing the parents of the victims of drug overdoses addressed the court. Ulbricht broke down in tears. "I never wanted that to happen," he said. "I wish I could go back and convince myself to take a different path."
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