Silk Road — Court considers drug-related deaths
Reporting and findings
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On May 31, 2017, the Second Circuit upheld consideration at sentencing of six drug-related deaths connected to Silk Road by a preponderance of the evidence. It distinguished this from homicide prosecution or a finding that Ulbricht personally caused the deaths. It concluded the evidence played a minimal role, if any, and the same sentence would have been imposed without it.
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: United States v. Ulbricht, No. 15-1815, May 31, 2017Printed pages 113–124: drug-related deaths, evidentiary standard, homicide distinction and sentencing effect
Summary and current status
Court considers drug-related deaths
People and organizations
- Silk Road: Ulbricht clemency promise, pardon and drug-harm court recordSilk Road clemency case evidence