In line with The Day by day Beast, outgoing U.S. president Donald Trump is contemplating granting clemency to Ross Ulbricht — the founder and operator of the pioneering darknet market, Silk Street.

Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and acquired two life sentences with out parole for non-violent offenses in 2015.

The nameless sources relied on within the report claim that the White Home counsel’s workplace has been reviewing paperwork associated to Ulbricht’s case, and that the President has been made conscious of the scenario.

Two sources declare that Trump has privately expressed sympathy for Ulbricht and has thought-about his identify for the subsequent spherical of pardons.

Talking to the publication, Ulbricht’s mom Lyn expressed admiration for Trump’s legal justice reform insurance policies, including:

“We’re praying and stay hopeful that he’ll present mercy on Ross, as he has others, and commute his sentence to time served and provides my son a second probability at life.”

Jo Jorgensen, the 2020 candidate for the Libertarian Get together, campaigned for the pardoning of Ulbricht, along with whistle blowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning.

Trump has slightly over a month to grant the pardon, with President-elect Joe Biden being sworn into workplace on Jan. 20.