Because there was no need to, the other charges were enough to put him away for life.
There's really very little reason to doubt he did it, either.
There's really very little reason to doubt he did it, either.
The prosecutor "addressed the jury and stated that none of the six contracted murders-for-hire occurred." These charges were dismissed with prejudice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Ulbricht#Silk_Road,_arres...
That doesn't let Ross off the hook for attempting to make them occur.