The past year has been packed with tremendous momentum and support. Thursday, 01 October 2020 11:47 AM An Eagle Scout, scholarship student with a master’s degree and widely known as compassionate and peaceful, he is the last person one would expect to be in prison. 40th Police Commissioner, NYC Police Department. The United States Constitution guarantees every American equal protection under the law. This inspired him to create an e-commerce website called Silk Road where people bought and sold items anonymously, using Bitcoin — without surveillance or companies mining sensitive data. “A double life plus forty-year sentence is inhumane and egregious. He was never prosecuted for causing death or bodily injury to anyone. Because so many people are online these days, confined at home, please continue to share Ross’s clemency petition with all your friends & family. are registered trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc. Newsmax TV, and Newsmax World are trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc. Our nation extols the ideal of justice for all. When he opens the state’s largest newspaper, the Arizona Republic, he will see an op-ed from Lyn Ulbricht pleading with him to commute Ross’s sentence. For his birthday, Ross wrote a short essay called “The Next Seven.”, “More than any other day of the year, I feel the weight of the time I have lost, the years of my life I will never get back. Yesterday marked Ross’s 2,500th day in federal prison. That sentence amounts to two death sentences, plus 40 years. Now we, and so many other families, have real hope that we will.

It is wrong and must be changed. My soul cried out in a mighty boom, How could it come to this? Not only are they suffering but, like us, their families are suffering.

When someone is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, not for harming anyone, but for creating a website, it’s a barbaric reminder that we don’t live in a free country.” – Judd Weiss. He follows the rules and has never received a disciplinary infraction. It cannot be saved for later. Stay safe everyone.”– Ross, Prisons across the country have been on lockdown: all visits are cancelled and prisoners are locked in their cells all day to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Yet he has no chance of redemption and is condemned to death in prison, not having ever been prosecuted for causing harm or bodily injury to anyone. You can find more information and RSVP on our Facebook event page. Newsmax, Moneynews, Newsmax Health, and Independent.

Ross Ubricht’s case shows the gross injustices in our ‘justice’ system.”– Father James Martin. As a result of his genius, today marks the eighth year anniversary of his federal prison incarceration in what is considered one of the worst travesties of our criminal justice system. Every day, we pray Ross will be freed this year. Oct 2, 2020 New Op-Ed against Ross’s sentence Yesterday, Bernard Kerik (NYC’s 40th Police Commissioner) and Rod Blagojevich (Illinois’s 40th Governor) published a powerful Op-Ed in support of Ross’s clemency. My son, Ross Ulbricht, started the Silk Road website that sold illegal goods, including drugs. Like many, they hope President Trump will grant Ross clemency as soon as possible. Days earlier, his campaign aired a Super Bowl ad highlighting the inspirational story of drug offender Alice Marie Johnson, whose life sentence he commuted. Why were the largest Silk Road drug sellers sentenced to 10 years and less?

Ross recently published his idea for a new, revolutionary technology using artificial intelligence that would help fight the sharing of harmful content online. It surprised many that it took a "law and order" president to foster and encourage justice reform and remind the Republican Party that forgiveness and mercy are American values that lead to healthier families and communities. He has been a model prisoner throughout his years of incarceration, teaching classes and tutoring his fellow inmates. Many have shown support online, including Hollywood actor and director Alex Winter. If you believe I deserve to be freed and returned home, I ask that you please share my petition once more with your friends and family. Rod Blagojevich served as the 40th Governor of Illinois. It was the first modern online free market, where users could anonymously buy and sell goods and services, both legal and illegal. Ulbricht was targeted, investigated, and prosecuted with the zeal equaled to those like John Gotti, Osama bin Laden and Al Capone. Lyn Ulbricht lives in Tucson and leads the FreeRoss.org campaign. Supporters of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator and operator of the Silk Road underground market, stand in front of a Manhattan federal court house on the first day of jury selection for his trial on Jan. 13, 2015 in New York City. Surely, we’d know all this and more, but no --- nothing. Ross has long acknowledged the website was a terrible mistake and is profoundly remorseful.