Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road online black market, remains in prison despite numerous attempts to appeal his conviction and life sentence. His supporters maintain that he is innocent and that he was entrapped by the FBI. They also argue that his life sentence is disproportionate to his crimes. Ulbricht's supporters continue to fight for his release by launching a petition calling for his pardon and filing a complaint with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, alleging that Ulbricht's treatment in prison amounts to torture.