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 Ross is in jail for Murder for hire.

He didn’t just build a website, he facilitated fentanyl and other distribution that ended up killing people.

He won’t be the hero you want him to be. 
 Then why isn't he convicted of murder for hire? 

Alcohol and tabacco kill more people than fentanyl, where the jail sentences at if that's the yard stick?

He did just build the website. People who buy fentanyl and put it in their bodies kill themselves.

Isn't about him being a hero, it's about injustice. 
 Apparently they didn’t need to go for murder for hire because he was convicted of multiple other issues.

I only read the vanity fair article, it could be wrong, be he doesn’t appear to be a saint.

Focus on Assange. 
 They couldnt get him on murder for hire because there was nothing there, and at least or or 2 of the agents that was after him were also convicted for good reason. The government doesnt just not prosecute you on something just because theyve already got you, they would have hit him with the broadside of the book if they were capable. The judgement against him literally cited his political leanings as justification for his sentence too, hes locked away for forever because they dont like people believing in freedom. 
 They drop charges all the time and use different charges like trading cards.

That part isn’t surprising at all and is par for the course. 
 Drop it like it’s sick
#beat

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zVBrDID1mY4 
 Totally not a fed, mate 😆👍 
 Its not about hero or sainthood or even admiration in any way.  

Injustice with a horrific sentence, totally incomporable with any previous similar legal infraction.  The judge literally said it was a political sentence, not for the crime but for what he believed.

Assange?  Him too.  Snowden?  Same.  We don't need to pick or focus on one, but it isn't wrong to do so. 
 Not to defend Ross, but afaik he didn't ended up killing anyone, but instead he fell victim of a scam.

It's funny as he was convinced of the whole thing.

Check the YT video "The Dark Side of the Silk Road" by Barely Social 
 What a load if horseshit. Read between the propaganda. 
 Ross is literally not in jail for murder for hire. Literally fake news.

Also, people are responsible for their own body. Ross set up an open online market where people could buy/sell whatever they wanted. It's not his responsibility what people put into their body. 
 It’s one of the charges that he wasn’t sent to trial for because he’s already been sent to jail for other crimes.

It’s part of the whole that makes it very difficult to look at him and go “hummm, victim!” 
 It’s a part of making him look worse to the public and they apparently fooled you too