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> the fact he was sentenced partly based on this the transgression I named, even if he was not charged with it Do you have a source for that? IANAL but as far
by ktm5j 6y ago
> the fact he was sentenced partly based on this the transgression I named, even if he was not charged with it
Do you have a source for that? IANAL but as far as I know that is not the way the US legal system caries out sentencing.
- zucker42 6y agoThe petition for the Supreme Court to hear Ross Ulbright's case discusses some of the legal background in the second section https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-950/24860/20171222095855755_Ulbricht%20cert%20petition.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-950/24860/20171... Apparently there has been a long standing practice of judges finding facts to justify a longer second, but it's questionable whether the practice is Constitutional.