U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who was sentenced to life in prison for ...

Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison in 2015 on charges related to his website, where users could buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods with bitcoin.

particularly since many of the vendors and buyers on the Silk Road received significantly lighter sentences. The Road to a Pardon Ross Ulbricht’s family and supporters launched a public campaign ...

Libertarian activists, who generally oppose criminal drug policies, argued the government overreached in building its case against Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road.

US President Donald Trump has given a full pardon to Ross Ulbricht, who has been in prison for 12 years for founding the defunct darknet marketplace the Silk Road. “I just called the mother of ...

President Trump announced Tuesday night that he had granted a “full and unconditional” pardon to Ross Ulbricht, founder of the notorious dark website Silk Road. Trump, 78, announced his grant ...

Ulbricht was given two life sentences, plus 40 years for running a site that allegedly facilitated $183m in drug sales.

Donald Trump took a victory lap over the weekend celebrating his January pardon of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road dark web drug marketplace, who had been serving a double life sentence in ...

“There are problems with the pardon system working that way.” Mr. Ulbricht launched Silk Road in 2011 and turned it into one of the most popular outposts of the so-called Dark Web, a hidden ...

The pardon brings renewed attention to the controversial aspects of Ulbricht's case. Several federal agents involved in the Silk Road investigation were later convicted of corruption, including ...

President Donald Trump has signed a “full and unconditional” pardon for Ross Ulbricht The Silk Road operator had received two life sentences and a further 40 years Trump said the same ...