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Hello, world.

My guest today is Lynn Olbrecht.

She's the mother of Ross Ulbricht, who created the deep web e-commerce platform called Silk Road,

which earned him close to $200 million where users could

exchange a variety of goods, both legal and illegal, which was drugs in most cases. At age 26,

Ross was arrested and handed a double life sentence plus 40 years without parole. Now, to put this

in perspective, he's a 26-year-old first-time offender with no criminal history, all nonviolent

charges, and he was given exactly twice the prison sentence of El Chapo. Ever since Ross went

to prison, his mother Lynn has been campaigning to expose the insane corruption within our

judicial system and the draconian sentences handed down by prosecutors and judges.

This podcast is short but so important for people to hear.

Without further ado, please welcome Lynn Ulbricht.

So thanks for joining me on this and doing this, Lynn.

I really appreciate it.

I appreciate you're having me.

So for the people listening and watching who may not know,

basically your son is Ross Ulbricht, who I believe at the age of 31 had created a billion

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