The 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/Docket

The 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.