12 Years, One Pardon, and a Fight That's Not Over - Lyn Ulbricht | Ep. 138

About this episode

Lyn Ulbricht discusses her son's pardon and the ongoing fight against excessive sentencing in the U.S. justice system.

Lyn Ulbricht is Ross Ulbricht’s mother. Ross was the founder of Silk Road, who received a double life sentence plus 40 years without parole before being granted an unconditional pardon by President Trump after nearly 12 years of incarceration. Rather than stepping back after that hard-won victory, Lyn channeled her experience, platform, and network into founding MACS (Mothers Against Cruel Sentencing), a nonprofit dedicated to exposing the reality of excessive sentencing inside the U.S. justice system. At the Bitcoin Vegas Conference 2026, she joined me to share what it was like when Trump personally called to announce the pardon, how Ross is adjusting to life on the outside, why she sees Bitcoin colleagues still behind bars as prisoner of war from a war declared over, and why the fight for justice is far from finished. → Please like, comment, share & follow — to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you! – SPONSORS – → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn — learn more at https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it)…

People in this episode

Host: Efrat Fenigson

Guest: Lyn Ulbricht

Topics covered

• justice system
• excessive sentencing
• Bitcoin
• pardon
• nonprofit
• advocacy

Keywords

• Lyn Ulbricht
• Ross Ulbricht
• pardon
• Silk Road
• justice reform
• Bitcoin
• MACS
• excessive sentencing

Sponsors

Ledn, TREZOR, Abundant Mines, BTC Prague

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MACS, BTC Prague

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