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Palin E-Mail Snoop Gets Year In Prison

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-not-white-collar-resort-prison dept.

netbuzz writes "David Kernell, whose prying into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account caused an uproar two months before the 2008 presidential election, was today sentenced to a year and a day by a judge in Knoxville, Tenn. Kernell was convicted of misdemeanor computer fraud and felony obstruction of justice back in April. His attorney had argued for probation on the grounds that what Kernell did amounted to a prank that spun out of control."

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  1. Re:Meanwhile, billionaire Mark Zuckerberg skates by characterZer0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If you are rich, you get away with stuff. It is the American way.

    http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20101104/NEWS/101109939/1078&ParentProfile=1062

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