Ross Ulbricht, 31, inventor of The Silk Road - a darknet marketplace - was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and this decision by Judge Katherine Forrest is extremely harsh, unfair and is a waste of tax money.
The average time served by a convicted rapist is 8-9 years.
Released violent offenders in 1992 served
48% of their sentence:
http://www.iapsonline.com/sites/default/files/Prison%20Sentences%20and%2...
97 of every 100 rapists serves NO jail time.
https://rainn.org/news-room/97-of-every-100-rapists-receive-no-punishment
This is a miscarriage of justice. Our tax money should be holding real criminals in jail for life. The punishment does not fit the crime.