川普赦免絲路創始人羅斯·烏布利希

美國總統川普赦免了被監禁的暗網黑市絲綢之路創始人羅斯烏布利希。

United States President Donald Trump has pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the imprisoned founder of the dark-web black market Silk Road.

美國總統川普赦免了被監禁的暗網黑市絲綢之路創始人羅斯烏布利希。

Trump said on Tuesday that he had called Ulbricht’s mother to inform her he had signed a “full and unconditional pardon” for her son, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015 for his role in operating the illicit marketplace.

川普週二表示，他已致電烏布利希的母親，告知她他已簽署了對烏布利希兒子的“全面、無條件赦免”，烏布利希因在經營非法市場中所扮演的角色而於2015 年被判終身監禁，不得假釋。

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“The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponisation of government against me,” Trump said on his social media platform, Truth Social.

川普在他的社交媒體平台“真相社會”上表示，“那些致力於給他定罪的人渣，正是參與現代政府針對我的武器化的一些瘋子。”

“He was given two life sentences, plus 40 years. Ridiculous!”

「他被判處兩項無期徒刑，外加 40 年徒刑。荒謬的！

Ulbricht, 40, was convicted of seven counts related to his operation of Silk Road, which facilitated the sale of illegal drugs and other illicit goods using Bitcoin, including distributing narcotics and engaging in a criminal enterprise.

40 歲的烏布利希被判犯有與絲綢之路運營相關的七項罪名，該項目利用比特幣促進非法毒品和其他非法商品的銷售，包括分銷毒品和從事犯罪活動。

US prosecutors alleged that the site had been used to facilitate more than 1.5 million transactions worth approximately $213m, including more than $183m in drug sales.

美國檢察官稱，該網站已被用來促成超過 150 萬筆交易，價值約 2.13 億美元，其中包括超過 1.83 億美元的毒品銷售。

Prosecutors also alleged that Ulbricht, who operated under the alias Dread Pirate Roberts, had solicited the murders of people he viewed as threats to his enterprise, though he was not charged over the alleged murder-for-hire plots and no evidence was presented that anyone had actually been killed.

檢察官還聲稱，化名「恐懼海盜羅伯茨」的烏布利希曾慫恿謀殺他認為對他的企業構成威脅的人，儘管他沒有因涉嫌僱傭謀殺陰謀而受到指控，也沒有證據表明任何人實際上已經被殺了。

Sentencing Ulbricht, US District Judge Katherine Forrest said that the California man’s actions had been his “carefully planned life’s work” and that he was “no better a person than any other drug dealer”.

美國地區法官凱瑟琳·福雷斯特在宣判烏布利希時表示，這名加州男子的行為是他“精心策劃的畢生事業”，而且他“並不比任何其他毒販更好”。

While Ulbricht admitted creating Silk Road, his lawyers argued that he had passed control of his “economic experiment” to others after a few months and had been lured back to take the fall for its true operators just as authorities were closing in.

雖然烏布利希承認創建了絲綢之路，但他的律師辯稱，幾個月後他已將「經濟實驗」的控制權交給了其他人，並在當局逼近時被引誘回來為其真正的運營商承擔責任。

Ulbricht’s case had been held up as an example of government overreach by libertarians and cryptocurrency enthusiasts, who argued that he was unfairly prosecuted since he had not sold illegal goods himself and was being held responsible for the transactions of people who used the site.

烏布利希的案件被自由主義者和加密貨幣愛好者視為政府越權的一個例子，他們認為烏布利希受到了不公平的起訴，因為他本人沒有出售非法商品，而且要對使用該網站的人的交易負責。

In May, Trump told the national convention of the Libertarian Party, a fringe party that has no representation in the US Congress, that he would commute Ulbricht’s sentence on “day one” of his administration if elected.

今年五月，川普在自由黨（一個在美國國會沒有代表權的邊緣政黨）全國代表大會上表示，如果當選，他將在其執政的「第一天」為烏布利希減刑。

After Trump’s election in November, Ulbricht expressed gratitude to those voting for the Republican on his behalf.

川普11月當選後，烏布利希對那些代表他投票給共和黨的人表示感謝。

“I trust him to honor his pledge and give me a second chance. After 11+ years in darkness, I can finally see the light of freedom at the end of the tunnel,” he said in a post on X.

「我相信他會兌現他的承諾並給我第二次機會。在黑暗中度過了 11 年多之後，我終於可以看到隧道盡頭的自由之光。

Thomas Massie, a Republican congressman known for advocating libertarian causes, was among a number of Ulbricht supporters to welcome the news of the pardon.

以倡導自由主義事業而聞名的共和黨國會議員托馬斯·馬西（Thomas Massie）是對赦免消息表示歡迎的眾多烏布利希支持者之一。

“Ross Ulbricht has been freed by President Trump with a full pardon! Thank you for keeping your word to me and others who have been advocating for Ross’ freedom, Mr. President!,” Massie, who represents a district in Kentucky, said in a post on X.

「羅斯烏布利希已被川普總統釋放並獲得全面赦免！總統先生，感謝您對我和其他一直倡導羅斯自由的人信守諾言！ 」代表肯塔基州一個選區的馬西在 X 上的帖子中說道。