𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗥𝗨𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦, 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗗𝗥𝗨𝗚 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥/𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗥

After repeatedly claiming that, as president, he would call for the death penalty for drug dealers, Donald Trump has pardoned convicted drug dealer and murderer Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road.

At least six drug overdose deaths have allegedly been linked to Silk Road, and Ulbricht was accused of soliciting six murders-for-hires in connection with operating the site, though prosecutors said there was no evidence those murders were carried out.

Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison in 2015, after he was convicted of seven charges, including distributing narcotics, distributing narcotics by means of the internet, conspiring to distribute narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiring to commit computer hacking, conspiring to traffic in false identity documents and conspiring to commit money laundering.