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.
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?”