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Everything You Need to Know About the Silk Road Trial

Radio Motherboard discusses what's been going on with the Silk Road trial and what the trial may mean for the future of internet-centric crime.
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The Silk Road trial has only been going on for two weeks, and already it's had its fair share of drama: There have been setups by the prosecution, accusations and alternative theories tossed out by the defense, and, yes, selfies.

Motherboard's Kari Paul has been at the trial every day of the week, and our reporters have been covering Silk Road, Darknet markets, and internet trials for quite some time now. So, for this week's episode of Radio Motherboard, we decided to catch you up if you haven't been paying attention to what's happened and speculate a little bit about on whether or not this case will have long-lasting ramifications.