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Silk Road's Dread Pirate Roberts walks free as Trump pardons dark web kingpin

ID: ce65c267-d3fb-58fb-b016-959572f55243

STIX ID: report--ce65c267-d3fb-58fb-b016-959572f55243

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-01-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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The report details President Donald Trump’s full, unconditional pardon of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who had received two life sentences plus 40 years for offenses tied to the darknet marketplace. It reviews Ulbricht’s convictions, failed appeals, arguments from supporters about disproportionate punishment, the court’s reasoning (including consideration of uncharged murder-for-hire allegations), and the Free Ross campaign’s gratitude and fundraising efforts to support his reentry.

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