His Double-Life + 40 years sentence is far too harsh for a first-time non-violent offender

Judge Forrest based his sentence on "murder-for-hire" charges that were unproven, not even prosecuted, and later dropped

Judge Forrest incorrectly let the Jury consider the unproven, unprosecuted, and later dropped "murder-for-hire" charges when considering his guilt

Judge Forrest stated in court that she based some of his sentence on his dangerous political beliefs (being Libertarian)

Judge Forrest incorrectly allowed warrantless searches and seizures as evidence

The NSA and FBI lied about where and how they found evidence

Two of the federal agents investigating Silk Road are now in jail for theft and extortion related to the case

The same two agents were working for Mark Karpeles, a suspected 2nd administrator of Silk Road, and destroyed evidence pointing to him

The defense was blocked from cross examining many key witnesses and questioning technical data

The tech who recovered data from Ross's laptop admitted under oath that he "accidentally" changed some files and corrupted others but didnt know which

Defense witnesses like Andreas Antonopoulos and Steven Bellovin were blocked from testifying

Evidence that someone within the governemnt tampered with evidence was discovered more than a year after trial and therefor not allowed in his appeals

The DRP "master" account was use while he was in prison and under solitary confinement, proving he was either (a) not involved at the time or (b) multiple people were in charge

The prosecution dumped 4 Terabytes (4000+ Gigabytes) of information on the defense and didnt give them enough time to sort through it

Senator Schumer of New York wanted to "crackdown" on Bitcoin and Silk Road and nominated Forrest for Judge to President Obama