[mountainbunny]

"David Kernell shouldn't have even tried that," Davies said. "But what he did was closer to a prank than a crime. He made some stupid decisions to ... gain acceptance."

No, it was and is a crime. Breaking into someone's email is a crime. It's not a prank or a joke. If he did it to "gain acceptance", then I'm sure he'll be happy to make lots of new friends in prison.

The fact that his own lawyer admits that he's an idiot doesn't help his case any. If he's so stupid as to not know that breaking into someone's email is a serious crime, he needs to be in prison for his own protection. Anyone that dumb is at constant risk of sticking their tongue in every outlet they walk past.

[eggman]

The fact that he admitted he was disappointed he didn't find anything incriminating in the emails should be enough to show malice. He wasn't looking for a prank, he was looking to damage Palin.

He need to serve prison time. Had someone posted private info on Obama that put his family at risk the media would have already condemned the person without a trial.