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"Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Seeks Probation, Feds Want 18 Months"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this Wired story about my favorite high-profile (and low-importance?) sentencing story. Here are excerpts: David Kernell, the Tennessee student convicted of hacking into Sarah Palin?s personal e-mail account, has asked the court to forgo a prison sentence and give him probation for his crimes. Kernell, 22, was convicted earlier this year of misdemeanor computer intrusion and a felony count of obstruction of justice. The jury found him not guilty of a wire-fraud charge and hung on a fourth charge for identity theft, after four days of deliberating. The convictions carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a possible fine of up to $250,000. Federal sentencing guidelines recommend a sentence of between 15 and 21 months in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 27, 2010 (boomark / email).