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The Silk Road Trial / Ars Series

  1. Silk Road’s alleged hitman, “redandwhite,” arrested in Vancouver

    Ross Ulbricht told redandwhite that he wanted to put a "bounty" on a vendor's head.

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  2. Judge shuts door on attempt to get a new trial for Ross Ulbricht

    Meanwhile, convicted Silk Road creator wants to have his case heard at Supreme Court, too.

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  3. Drug reform groups blast Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht’s life sentence

    In 2013, life sentences were imposed in just .3% of drug trafficking cases.

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  4. Thai police: Suspected Silk Road consigliere to be sent to US soon

    Suspect accused of being Variety Jones on Silk Road to fight extradition to US.

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  5. Ross Ulbricht’s alleged top confidant, Variety Jones, arrested in Thailand

    "We're playing with big money with serious people," VJ, aka Cimon told DPR.

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  6. Judge says Ulbricht’s “harm reduction” arguments are fantasies, a mark of privilege

    "There's no moral ambiguity" in what Ulbricht did, judge says.

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  7. Sunk: How Ross Ulbricht ended up in prison for life

    Inside the trial that brought down a darknet pirate.

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  8. Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison

    The Silk Road taken, from drug kingpin to the penitentiary.

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  9. Prosecutors: Silk Road founder Ulbricht deserves a long prison sentence

    "If Silk Road did not exist then Preston would still be with us," a father writes.

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  10. Before sentencing, Ulbricht begs for leniency: “please leave me my old age”

    “Silk Road turned out to be a very naive and costly idea that I deeply regret."

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  11. The hitman scam: Dread Pirate Roberts’ bizarre murder-for-hire attempts

    On the darkweb, no one is who they seem.

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  12. Drugs, chatlogs, and fake IDs: Images from the Silk Road trial

    Here are a few of the more than 300 exhibits that got Ross Ulbricht convicted.

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  1. Ulbricht guilty in Silk Road online drug-trafficking trial

    Jury convicts on seven counts, doesn't believe Ulbricht was just the "fall guy."

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  2. Silk Road trial closes: “It’s a hacker! It’s a virus! It’s ludicrous.”

    Defense counters: "Keeping a journal? Does that sound like Dread Pirate Roberts?"

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  3. Ulbricht tells judge: I’m not going to testify

    According to friends, Ulbricht embraces "peacefulness and non-violence."

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  4. Silk Road prosecutors complete the bizarre DPR murder-for-hire story

    "It wouldn't be suspicious. He would just leave one day and not come home."

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  5. Silk Road trial: How the Dread Pirate Roberts embraced violence

    When "redandwhite" reached out, DPR was solicitous—in more ways than one.

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  6. On OkCupid, Ross Ulbricht was a “scientist turned entrepreneur”

    Dating profile includes travel photos and a link to an ELO song.

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  7. Heroin dealer describes how he started selling on Silk Road

    Michael Duch's $300-a-day dope habit drove him to become "deezletime."

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  8. Silk Road trial: Prosecutors compare Ulbricht’s e-mail with DPR’s online life

    Ulbricht tried OkCupid, traveled, asked friends to help him get Dominican citizenship.

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  9. The incredibly simple story of how the gov’t Googled Ross Ulbricht

    Meet the IRS special agent who read Ulbricht's Gmail.

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  10. Friend who helped Ulbricht build Silk Road testifies against him

    "I was shocked but also intrigued," says Richard Bates.

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  11. “I have secrets”: Ross Ulbricht’s private journal shows Silk Road’s birth

    How can Ulbricht explain a laptop with all Silk Road's secrets—and many of his?

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  12. Silk Road trial: defense struggles to show jury “alternative” DPRs

    Fights over evidence slowed the Silk Road trial to a crawl today.

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  1. Researcher links 20 percent of Ulbricht’s bitcoins to Silk Road accounts

    Large Bitcoin transfers took place three months before Ulbricht's arrest.

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  2. Ross Ulbricht’s family “shocked” that he created Silk Road

    "We believe it is finally being demonstrated that Ross is not guilty."

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  3. At Silk Road trial, gov’t moves to block some questions about Karpeles [Updated]

    Ulbricht's lawyer wants to ask a federal agent about some old suspicions.

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  4. Defense bombshell in Silk Road trial: Mt. Gox owner “set up” Ulbricht

    Mark Karpeles had "intimate involvement with the site," Ross Ulbricht's lawyer claims.

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  5. Mt. Gox owner: “I am not Dread Pirate Roberts”

    Mark Karpeles: I'm not involved with Silk Road, "do not condone what has been happening."

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  6. At Silk Road trial, federal agent explains how he trapped Ulbricht

    How the feds became "dripsofacid," buying and selling on Silk Road.

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  7. Silk Road stunner: Ulbricht admits founding the site, but says he isn’t DPR

    Ulbricht made the site, left, and was "lured back" to be the "ultimate fall guy."

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  8. Go time: Silk Road jury picked

    Alleged drug kingpin Ross Ulbricht faces decades behind bars if convicted.

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  9. Silk Road lawyer: Don’t let prosecutors read chats, e-mails out loud

    As trial approaches, lawyers parse the finer aspects of online communication.

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  10. Who was Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts? As trial nears, a jury will decide

    Without a last-minute deal, alleged kingpin Ross Ulbricht takes his chances.

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