The Silk Road was an anonymous online marketplace that was created in 2011 that engaged mainly in the sale of illegal items, such as fake IDs and hard drugs. The site uses Tor to anonymize transactions and make the locations of computers using the site nearly impossible to locate. A study down from 2011 to 2012 showed that the most popular drug on the site was marijuana, which accounted for 13.7% of drug sales, which the second most popular item being the broad category of “drugs,” which accounted for nine percent of sales. However, 16 of the top 20 most popular categories on the site are related to drugs. Despite its overwhelming focus on drugs, the site also offered other illegal services and goods, such as unlicensed firearms and hitmen-for-hire.
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In their appeal, they have cited a lack of credible evidence, the role that two corrupt law enforcement agents may have played in tampering with evidence, the fact that two expert witnesses were not allowed to testify for Ulbricht at trial, and the fact that the judge considered murder-for-hire charges against Ross that he was never formally charged with. Furthermore, the defense believes that the emotional testimony given by parents of those who had died of drug overdoses may have had a disproportionate influence on the outcome of the trial. The defense has repeatedly characterized the Silk Road as a website that was intended to put neoliberal economic principles into practice and reduce harm in the drug …show more content…
Items such as these are frowned upon in American culture. Drugs and the use of them, for some time now, have been a widespread debate across the landscape of this nation due to its controversial effects on the human mind. Before Silk Road, there existed no other marketplace of such a grand scale for individuals to sell and purchase numerous illegal substances, weaponry, and other immoral entities . Silk Road allowed for increased access to various nefarious products, and this fact alone lead to extreme consequences for the Internet community as well as the marketplace’s
In their appeal, they have cited a lack of credible evidence, the role that two corrupt law enforcement agents may have played in tampering with evidence, the fact that two expert witnesses were not allowed to testify for Ulbricht at trial, and the fact that the judge considered murder-for-hire charges against Ross that he was never formally charged with. Furthermore, the defense believes that the emotional testimony given by parents of those who had died of drug overdoses may have had a disproportionate influence on the outcome of the trial. The defense has repeatedly characterized the Silk Road as a website that was intended to put neoliberal economic principles into practice and reduce harm in the drug …show more content…
Items such as these are frowned upon in American culture. Drugs and the use of them, for some time now, have been a widespread debate across the landscape of this nation due to its controversial effects on the human mind. Before Silk Road, there existed no other marketplace of such a grand scale for individuals to sell and purchase numerous illegal substances, weaponry, and other immoral entities . Silk Road allowed for increased access to various nefarious products, and this fact alone lead to extreme consequences for the Internet community as well as the marketplace’s