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>>uptown+(OP)
Gross miscarriage of justice. People have a right to buy drugs.

Every single government actor involved in this case is far more guilty than Ross and, frankly, they are the ones that deserve prison.

Yes, Ross should have realized you can't massively break the law and get away with it. He made a big mistake.

But the mistake he made was assuming that other people were more benevolent than they really are.

This young man viewed the world with a child-like, rosy-eyed perspective, and for that, he gets crushed by the boot of government brutality.

Disclaimer: I have no involvement with any dark nets or online drug trade.

edit: I don't know if he hired hitmen and if he did, I suspect it was in his own defense.

>>javert+s1
He hired a hitman. He's a sociopath, and a suitable candidate for life in prison.

>>JoeAlt+63
He doesn't seem like a sociopath. More like a power-hungry narcissist. He expressed regret and hesitation multiple times over (what he thought were) the murders, but simply insisted "it had to be done".

Not to detract from your point. I think he deserves life without parole for the attempted hits by themselves, ignoring every other charge. (Despite the fact that's not what he was convicted of.)