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Law Profs Question Felony Charge Against Accused Palin E-Mail HackerABA Journal Daily News

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Two law professors are wondering why the University of Tennessee student charged with hacking into Sarah Palin?s e-mail account was charged with a felony. Law professors Orin Kerr of George Washington University and Paul Ohm of the University of Colorado questioned the felony charge against David Kernell, the son of a Democratic state legislator, in blog posts at the Volokh Conspiracy, notes the Chronicle of Higher Education. Kerr explains that a hacking offense is not a felony unless the government can prove the intrusion was committed to further criminal or tortious activity. ?If the government is trying to make this?

Full post as published by IP Law Daily on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).

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