Judge: Verdict stands in hacked Palin e-mail case

[Tx4obama]

Source: Associated Press (via HuffPo)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge has declined to throw out the convictions of a former University of Tennessee student for hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail account during the 2008 campaign.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Phillips issued the ruling Thursday and The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that the defense attorney for David C. Kernell is appealing to a higher court.

Kernell was found guilty last April in federal court of obstruction of justice and unauthorized access to a computer, but acquitted of a wire fraud charge. His attorney contended the hacking was a prank.

SNIP

Kernell could face 15 to 21 months in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 29.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100925/us-palin-hacked/

[Politicalboi]

1. But tearing down ACORN

And attempting to wiretap a sitting Senator, is ok. Got it!

[LawnKorn]

2. David Kernell is a hero who needs to be celebrated, not incarcerated

Palin is the one who needs to be in jail for the things she did as Governor of Alaska.

[mistereus]

4. He broke the law.

I don't support lawlessness with tea-baggers.

I don't support it when it's our side.

[handmade34]

3. ***

Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., March 22, 1956