Ross Ulbricht Defense Requests Retrial Under Fifth Amendment

The convicted Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is currently seeking a retrial based on the assumption that he was denied his fifth amendment right.
Last month, the 29-year old internet entrepreneur was found guilty of charges related to his active involvement in running Silk Road – an online drug marketplace. He was also held guilty for executing computer hacking conspiracies, and committing narcotics trafficking and money laundering.
In its motion filed in New York federal court, Ulbricht’s defense however accused the government of failing to ‘provide exculpatory material and information in a timely manner,’ an alleged fact that subsequently enables him to pull out a new retrial.

This post was published at NewsBTC on Mar 9, 2015.