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Sarah Palin hacker get a federal year-and-a-day sentence

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this CBS News report, "David Kernell, the 22-year-old man who hacked into Sarah Palin's e-mail during the 2008 presidential campaign, was sentenced Friday to a year and a day, with the judge recommending a halfway house instead of prison."  Here is more of the details: Kernell hugged family members and friends after hearing the sentence. He declined comment as they left the courthouse with his attorney.... The Republican former vice presidential candidate and her daughter Bristol testified at the trial in late April that the hacking, followed by Kernell's online bragging and providing the password and Palin family telephone numbers to others, caused them emotional hardship. Palin previously declined comment about Kernell's sentence and said it should be up to the judge...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 12, 2010 (boomark / email).