Posted on 04/30/2010 12:49:09 PM PDT by rhema
Here are a series of FReeper articles on the E-mail Hacker, David Kernell and Sarah Palin ...
Obstruction of Justice?? What a joke. Every school teacher that knows of an illegal alien in their class room obstructs justice by not turning them in for deportation.
I understand prosecuting him but federal prison for this seems a bit severe.
Would you be saying the same thing if this was a conservative who did the same thing to Nancy Pelosi? That is always an interesting situation when wanting to throw the book at someone.
That is the context that I believe will make his sentencing drift toward the upper end of the guidelines. I feel for the kid, but it is what it is.
BTW, the defense attorney is an old friend of mine. Outstanding guy.
Yahoo's credibility just got flushed!
Take away his chess board.
Hell yes.
“There will be no jail time for this punk.”
Based on my work in a federal court, I think he will get at least 24 months in a low security federal prison like Coleman in Florida, three years probation and a fine.
I doubt that the judge can say “no time”.A lawyer,of course,could set me straight if I’m wrong. “
I would have to look at the guidelines to be sure, but I believe he’s in the first zone (A), which means the judge would have the flexibility to sentence him to federal probation, only.
My only caveat is I think there’s an enhancement for obstruction, which might bump him to the next level inside that zone, which could mean mandatory prison time.
Don’t forget he never said he wasn’t sorry for his crime. This is a big deal in federal sentencing. I think he’ll get at least 24 months in federal prison.
“Good Time” in the federal BOP is 52 days off per year, so if he receives 36 months and has no discipline reports, he would be out in about 30 months with at least two years probation.
Kernell gained access by providing Palin’s birth date and ZIP code to Yahoo’s password retrieval system
I understand prosecuting him but federal prison for this seems a bit severe.
I know a guy in Florida who received five years in prison, three years probation and a $250,000 fine for allegedly making threats against President Clinton on an edited audiotape that shouldn’t have been allowed into court.
Needless to say the dude in question was a Republican, Christian and conservative. The District Federal Judge was a Democrat appointed by Carter and the U.S. Attorney had been appointed by Clinton.
This sentence was a severe...and illegal.
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Wade Davies, Kernell’s attorney, argued that “what he did was closer
to a prank than a crime.”
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Democrats/Liberals/Socialists/Communists:
“It’s not a crime when we break into someone’s computer!”
I don't know about that. They gave husband murderer Mary Winkler a slap on the wrist. Shot her husband in the back while he slept and she gets a few monthes in jail and 60 days at the funny farm. Then she gets her kids back and her in laws who are the victims here, are ordered to give her $200,000 that was given to them by their church and friends to pay for lawyers in their custody battle to keep from having to turn these kids back over to a murderer.
Winkler...you make a good point.
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