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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Palin e-mail hacker sentenced
2010-11-13
[Washington Examiner] A former University of Tennessee student who hacked into Sarah Mama Grizzly Palin's e-mail account during the 2008 presidential campaign was sentenced Friday to a year and a day in jug, with the judge recommending a halfway house instead of prison.
That means no punishment at all, right?
His Xbox time is limited to under four hours a day ...
Aren't half-way houses usually full of people taking a rest stop on their way from prison to freedom? Not at all the kind of people one has a chai latte' with after checking out the new toys at Best Buy.
The sentence by U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips fell short of the 18 months in prison sought by federal prosecutors to send a message to would-be hackers during political campaigns, but went beyond the probation recommended by defense attorneys for 22-year-old David Kernell. The additional day of his sentence will make him eligible for a reduced sentence for good behavior.

Phillips said Kernell should get mental health treatment, based on defense comments Friday that he has had conditions including depression since he was 11.
Posted by:Fred

#3  "Kernell, now 22, is a 2006 Germantown High School graduate, state championship chess player and the son of 36-year state Rep. Mike Kernell, D-Memphis....The defendant's mother, Dr. Lillian Landrigan -- an Army dentist who did a tour of duty in Iraq and is now stationed in Honolulu -- will attend the trial, her former husband said."

Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313   2010-11-13 22:55  

#2  Phillips said Kernell should get mental health treatment, based on defense comments Friday that he has had conditions including depression since he was 11.

A similar malady effects a great many Palin haters.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-11-13 09:39  

#1  Sounds like a federal felony conviction. If it is, he's lost the vote except in those states that are just now trying desperately to stuff the ballot boxes. It'll also limit avenues of employment. I'm sure he's got a potential gig awaiting him in Hollyweird or the Peoples Republic of the Bay with that on his resume.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-11-13 09:06  

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