[devoply]

I don't think it's just for a lifetime sentence for anything but murder itself... or someone who is an actual danger to individuals or society itself. I think what got Ulbricht in the end was the fact that he was acting like a drug kingpin and so they threw the book at him hard. It wasn't one of those things that did him in, it was all of those things combined that earned him a life sentence.

[nickpsecurity]

That's it. Diversity of crime plus arrogance in execution usually equals a strong punishment.

[theWatcher37]

The biggest crime is that the people who wrote, voted for, and executed these laws won't see a day behind bars.