Cybersecurity
The Silk Road Defendant Didn't Stand a Chance. Would He on Appeal?
Why did Ross Ulbricht's lawyers make such a weak case? 'Perhaps to try and accumulate appeal points,' the judge wrote.
Ross William Ulbricht
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The Silk Road trial came to an abrupt and almost anti-climactic end Wednesday when Ross Ulbricht was convicted on all seven counts he faced for running the online black market. It took the jury less than four hours to reach a verdict.
Ulbricht's defense was also noticeably quick, consisting of less than two full days of testimony, even though his lawyers initially indicated their case would take one or two weeks to present. For its part, the prosecution spent over two weeks piling up evidence that Ulbricht was the mastermind behind the site.