Facing life in prison, Ross Ulbricht is appealing his seven convictions for operating Silk Road, the illegal drugs online marketplace.

Ulbricht’s lawyer, Joshua Dratel, has not decided on what issues he will base the appeal, according to Dratel’s office.

Last week, Judge Katherine Forrest, who oversaw the jury case at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, gave Ulbricht two concurrent life sentences for aiding and abetting drug distribution, and for running a criminal enterprise. He also got additional prison time for computer hacking (five years), identification forgery (15 years) and money laundering (20 years), all to run concurrently.

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