Anwhile offering a scathing indictment of the US's policy for harshly punishing drug offenses, Wired reported on Wednesday.
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Judges wrote a scathing indictment of US drug policy in decision to uphold Silk Road founder's life sentence
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's appeal was still rejected, and he faces life in prison with no possibility of parole.
Ulbricht, Silk Road in 2011.
The website was shuttered after a lengthy federal investigation two years later, and Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015.
In their opinion, judges questioned the "social utility" of harsh sentences for trafficking illicit substances, and even the "
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Ulbricht's appeal rested on the behavior of the two federal agents who handled this case.
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