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When reports first came out about this it was sensationalized. It's hard to say what's true and what's not around this case. The initial claims were that he transferred Bitcoin to some guy to kill people and send proof, but there's not anything further on this. It seems like that would have been easy to prove, which makes it even more curious why he was never charged for this if true.
I don’t care that he got pardoned because I agree with the notion that if one is going to buy drugs, his way was safer. But what about all the simple large dealers who got 30 and 40 years? He made more than all of them. Major marijuana dealers got far more time than he did. All kinds of peripheral people got far more time than he ended up getting.

If you fashion yourself tough on crime and law and order, think drug offenders should get long sentences, then this is a problem going forward if you care at all about hypocrisy .

Not saying you. I have no idea where you fall on drug sentencing.
I agree, "his way" was far more dangerous out of the raw convenience. Let's face it, if he had facial tattoos and last name Ramirez this guy is in prison forever. But he was a college graduate, nice looking white guy, his wholesome Mom stating her case for release. To analogize this it's the exact same thing as when a female suddenly goes missing. If she is 20 years old from a upper class neighborhood and a hot blonde its national news. 200 lbs black lady from east Chicago it does not even make it to a missing poster to a telephone pole.