First: the one area where Amin’s actions do seem fairly questionable are when he helped another Virginia teen travel to Syria, apparently to join ISIS. That part definitely seems like it stepped over the legal line. But, the rest of the charges against him seem… like a teenager using Twitter and other social media to discuss stuff he’s interested in. Amin ran a Twitter account called @AmreekiWitness, which had about 4,000 followers. He tweeted pro-ISIS propaganda, but that still seems to be a form of protected speech, last I checked. And, his big “crime” appears to be linking to an article about why ISIS supporters should use Bitcoin.
Category: Sentence
Life sentence for man convicted of killing 5 in Denver bar
A man convicted of stabbing five people to death at a Denver bar and setting the business on fire will not be executed and instead will serve a lifelong prison sentence, a jury decided Thursday.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/life-sentence-man-convicted-killing-233105777.html
THE DARK WEB IS STRONGER THAN EVER SHOWING ROSS ULBRICHT’S PRISON SENTENCE DID NOTHING TO DETER CRIME
This was the message from Judge Katherine Forrest when she sentenced the mastermind behind Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
It was hoped the harsh sentence handed down to Ulbricht would act as a stern warning to dark web operators looking to follow in his footsteps.
However, it appears the threat feel on deaf ears because the underground online drug trade is as strong as ever.
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