I’ve no doubt that Brian Williams and whoever is running the nightly news at the other two networks this week will lead off with this story tonight. What? No?
Fry ‘im.
Sooooo- the authorities are supposed to ‘warn’ the alleged perp with enough time that the perp can dispose of all the evidence against him???
Ha Ha Ha Ha........
If you can’t do the time—don’t do the crime, sucker.
Could they not tack on another year or two please, for being a wise guy?
“son of a Democratic state legislator in Tennessee,”
Who ALSO happened to be Obama’s 2008 Tennessee campaign chair.
Funny how the article ‘Forgets’ to mention that, isn’t it?
I think the kid should appeal a few more times just to make sure his Democrat daddy’s bank account is good and empty.
However, I find it somewhat worrisome that they can nail this jerk on an "obstruction" charge for modifying his own hard drive, unless he did it after a court order barred him from doing so.
This seems to me a fifth amendment issue, the right not to testify against yourself. And it's implied corollary the right to not retain evidence against yourself.
There is an increasing trend of busting people not on the crime itself, but on vague indirect behaviors not directly part of the crime.