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The article conflates the case in Maryland, which was dismissed after Ulbricht was already convicted and his appeals denied by SCOTUS.

The article pretends this exonerated Ross when it reality the government didn't see a reason to go through another trial when he was already serving multiple life sentences.

The article also does the hand-waivey "it was never shown the messages were authored by Ross."

Those messages were presented into evidence, during the trial. Ross lawyers had no explanation for them.