Ross Ulbricht, the convicted operator of the Silk Road online drug marketplace, will be sentenced in 10 days. As that date approaches, the judge who will decide his fate wants to do a deep dive into the data about what was sold on Silk Road.

In an order (PDF) published today, US District Judge Katherine Forrest says she'd like to have her own copy of the Silk Road website in order to perform searches on what was available for sale. (The government reproduced a fully functioning copy from the server.)

If that isn't possible, Forrest wants the government to do a search and find several factoids "for each of marijuana, MDMA, ecstasy or Molly, cocaine, heroin, LSD, meth,oxycodone, Xanax, [and] modafinil":

a. drug listings by quantity, highest to lowest;

b. drug listings by price, highest to lowest;

c. use of the term “resale”;

d. for drugs sold in pill form: “1000 tabs”; and

e. availability of discounts for bulk purchases.

She's also interested in what searches turn up for these terms:

a. safrole or sassafras oil;

b. speed oil;

c. dimethoxybenzaldehyde;

d. NBOMe derivatives;

e. 2C-B synthesis; and

f. lab notes.

The judge intends to review academic literature provided by defense lawyers, which focus on harm-reduction effects of Silk Road. She also lists a few other academic papers that she will consider in sentencing, including "Drugs on the Dark Net: How Cryptomarkets are Transforming the Global Trade in Illicit Drugs," by Dr. James Martin.

In a separate filing (PDF), prosecutors told Forrest that they will submit evidence to her on a DVD-ROM about six deaths they say are attributable to drugs bought on Silk Road. They agree with the defense that there's no need for a hearing before the May 29 sentencing.

Prosecutors also answered Forrest's question about how much the drugs on Silk Road were bought for personal use as opposed to resale. Close to all of the drugs sold appear to have been for personal use. A printout of the best-selling items in the Cocaine, Heroin, LSD, and meth categories show that they're entirely for what prosecutors acknowledge are "individual-use quantities."

They also include a spreadsheet detailing 1.5 million Silk Road transactions, which had a total value of $213,888,103. It's an average of $139 per transaction, more evidence that the overwhelming majority of Silk Road sales were for small quantities.

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the value of the Silk Road transactions was "just under $214,000." The transactions were valued at just under $214 million.