After being precluded from presenting much of a defense at all a jury has found Ross Ulbricht guilty of running the Silk Road deliberating for around three hours. This falls in line with the money on Bitcoin prediction markets which leaned towards deliberations lasting under six hours. Mainstream press outlets have even begun questioning the competence and intentions behind the way defense lawyer Josh Dratel handled the case over its entire duration.
why can't people accept this person broke the law, much like other drug dealers and did perhaps even worse(attempted murder for hire)?
He did not committed any crime. First of all, he runs a website, and it is just a tool. How can a tool per se can be criminal? There is no crime without a victim. The state is only a criminal gang that should not be taken seriously.
*facepalm*
Fuck the state, amirite?
Nobody cares about the Ulbricht guy except as a proxy to maximally damage the one player they do care about, in the sense of hating.