Palin E-Mail Snoop Gets Year In Prison

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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Then pardon him already.

[sethstorm]

It might not be politically favorable to someone, but it'd at least mitigate the damage.

Re:Then pardon him already.

[hedwards]

I thought Ms. Palin was in favor of having her messages spied on. Oh, wait, she's only in favor of the government doing it "for her own protection." Yes, the same government that she wants to eliminate for being untrustworthy.

Given that this is Slashdot

[WCMI92]

And on Slashdot you can't say anything bad about liberals, Barak Hussein Obama, etc, that it's considered a BAD thing for the son of a Democrat congressman to go to prison for hacking Sarah Palin's email, while every commentator on this site would howl for the death penalty if the son of a Republican congressman had done the same to Dear Leader?

Violating people's privacy is wrong regardless of party affiliation.

Re:Given that this is Slashdot

[gangien]

It is primarily liberal. Don't believe me? go to any net neutrality thread and see all the people begging for big brother to protect them.

Then make O'Keefe a felon as well.

[sethstorm]

Kernell's only crime was his political alignment. It would only be consistent to do that as well.

Sarah Palin commented on this...

[digitaldc]

...but I couldn't understand anything due to the incessant screeching.