Director Alex Winter believes the man behind Silk Road is being treated unfairly—and we must reconsider what it means to be cyber citizens.
Earlier this year,Ross William Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison without the opportunity of parole for his involvement with the dark net drug market Silk Road. Ulbricht was slammed with all seven of the charges brought against him, including computer hacking, and drug trafficking,money laundering, and even what's known as the "kingpin" charge, and which is more commonly doled out to cartel leaders and mafia members. Serious crimes? Yes. Worth life in prison? Director Alex Winter doesn't mediate so.
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