After a number of delays, former University of Tennessee student David Kernel has finally received his sentence for compromising Sarah Palin's Yahoo! e-mail account back in 2008.
He was found guilty of computer fraud and obstruction of justice (for destroying records in order to disrupt the federal investigation) and while the maximum possible penalty for this last felony is 20 years in prison, Kernel has been sentenced to serving a year and a day in federal custody and the judge imposing the sentence recommended that the time be served in a Tennessee halfway house.
The recommendation may not be enough, as the Bureau of Prisons could exercise its right and send him to prison after all. Along with the imprisonment, Kernel will also remain on probation for the next three years.
More: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10152
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He was found guilty of computer fraud and obstruction of justice (for destroying records in order to disrupt the federal investigation) and while the maximum possible penalty for this last felony is 20 years in prison, Kernel has been sentenced to serving a year and a day in federal custody and the judge imposing the sentence recommended that the time be served in a Tennessee halfway house.
The recommendation may not be enough, as the Bureau of Prisons could exercise its right and send him to prison after all. Along with the imprisonment, Kernel will also remain on probation for the next three years.
More: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10152
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