[DCBryan1]

Charges, possible sentence:

Count one: identity theft
Maximum 5 years in prison
$250,000 fine
3 years supervised release

Count two: wire fraud
Maximum 20 years in prison
$250,000 fine
5 years supervised release

Count three: unlawful computer access
Maximum 5 years in prison
$250,000 fine
3 years supervised release

Lesser included misdemeanor offense on count 3 carries a maximum of 1 year in prison

Count four: obstruction of justice
Maximum 20 years in prison
$250,000 fine
5 years supervised release

Methinks David Kernells (D-RAT) is going to have a sore bottom this summer.

[Beaten Valve]

Are all of those charges felonies?

[Political Junkie Too]

Let's see how a liberal mind might respond to these charges.

1. Identity Theft: Your Honor, my client never used Gov. Palin's account to send emails under her name, he only read emails and published them on the internet.

2. Wire Fraud: Your Honor, my client never attempted to defraud anyone. He simply published emails. He didn't solicit for donations, or ask for return email addresses. And besides, with electronics so pervasive in today's society, isn't everyone involved in a wire transaction of one kind or another all the time?

3. Unlawful Computer Access: Your Honor, my client never accessed Gov. Palin's computer. He used his own computer to access a website on the internet. And we all know, Your Honor, that the internet is just "there" like the air, it's everywhere.

4. Obstruction of Justice: Your Honor, my client has fully complied with the FBI and local police. He never obstructed anything. This charge is scurrilous, and was an attempt to "pile on" to my client by political opportunists.

-PJ

[ridesthemiles]

Sure would be nice to have all counts come out guilty- and have to serve all sentences in SEQUENCE.

That might send a message to some of the cretins who think it is cute to hack into computers and websites. They are all maggots, IMO.

[Cyber Liberty]

So, the range of possible sentences, if found guilty, is from 0 to 50 years?

I bet he gets no jail time.

[Candor7]

I predict he will do at least a year in prison, maybe 18 months. And yes, his bottom will be sore.

He will have to become a tenderloin of "Big ( bend over beech)Leon" in order to be protected while in the slammer.

I love the sound of liberal leftist screams in the morning.