Welcome to Leavenworth! Population: You.
Posted on 04/30/2010 12:49:09 PM PDT by rhema
See my post, immediately after yours.
I did - thanks. What is supervised control?
Fancy phrase for probation.
If we imprison every college kid who does something stupid, we’ll need a lot more prisons. I know he needs to be punished, but I think a felony conviction and maybe a short jail term is plenty.
Gotcha! Thank you.
Posting the emails on the internet was harrassment.
-PJ
i was thinking the same thing.
Totally agree,
I hope he gets about 6 months to a year and everyone can move on.
Have you ever had your private information stolen?
Think about the implications.
Her children were harassed.
Her private conversations were published and broadcast nationally.
He attempted to sabotage a national campaign for President and Vice President of the United States, and probably succeeded.
Do not trivialize this, sir.
He hacked the email account of somebody running for Vice President of the United States, and posted the emails containing personal information on the web. The daughter of that candidate, as a result, had hundreds of unwanted cell phone calls, some threatening. The stated purpose was to cause embarrassment to the candidate, in hopes of changing votes.
You don’t find this malicious? It’s just “something stupid?”
There are MINIMUM sentencing guidelines for federal crimes. The minimum he would get for obstruction of justice alone would be 15 months prison time. Based on a first conviction, if both convictions are added together, he could receive as much as 97 months in prison.
I predict he will probably get 36 months and be out in 2 years.
Check the federal sentencing guidelines. The judge probably can't give him less than about 24 months.
This is intentional political sabotage. Not doing something with it isn’t the point. It’s like someone getting into your house, but not stealing anything.
Welcome to Leavenworth! Population: You.
I don’t know squat about the guidelines, so I’m already in “I’m a doofus” territory.
:^)
Yeah, it was malicious and stupid and he’s a punk and he deserves some punishment. He guessed her passwords and posted some of it on some blogs. Then he got scared and tried to hide. Not a conspiracy, just stupid.
James O’Keefe, the ACORN video guy snuck into a Senators office to do “something” with the phones. Another stupid stunt by a guy in his 20’s, but not the crime of the century. I’m sure the DU crowd will be howling for his blood.
Liberals are vicious and vindictive. We don’t have to be.
While I doubt that he'll get much jail time, if any, one of his convictions was felony obstruction of justice, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
That's one of the two major counts.
And a felony conviction, even without jail time, is a felony conviction.
As others have pointed out, he will lose significant civil rights. As well, he will be severely limited in his job opportunities. Most corporations won't hire a convicted felon for a professional position. Traditionally, I've been willing to hire folks with criminal records (in exceptional cases), but they are restricted in what roles they can perform in my company, and the best-paying jobs are forever foreclosed to them.
sitetest
Thank you! I’ve been wondering about the minimums. Have been on the other thread...
What happens in regards to the mistrial on the 4th count? Does it just get dropped at this point?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.