If there is no serious punishment the door will be open for all kinds of illegal snooping.
I love how most of the media—including Fox—is pushing for leniency with this jerk. If the perp had been the spoiled brat son of a Republican lawmaker who had hacked into Michele Obama’s emails and given out the cell phone numbers of her daughter, you can bet everyone would be screaming for that guy’s head.
The defense’s argument is essentially this; if you don’t lock the door on your house, it’s just fine to break in and take what you want.
The reason conservatives really love Sarah Palin is that she just won’t stand there and take it.
What is the penalty for stealing mail? Maybe it should be the same for this case?