Posted on 04/30/2010 12:21:13 PM PDT by SmithL
KNOXVILLE — A federal jury this afternoon convicted Sarah Palin e-mail intruder David C. Kernell of felony destruction of records to hamper a federal investigation and misdemeanor unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer.
The jury acquitted Kernell, 22, of wire fraud.
It remains deadlocked on felony identity theft.
It’s unclear if U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips will order the jurors, in their fourth day of deliberations, to continue.
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Unbelievable.
Jury Convicts Palin.....
nice headline from the left media.
Of course, if Fox News could possibly break away from Janet... we might hear some news.
Which charges would put him in jail?
He got convicted on Obstruction of Justice..he could serve 20 years in the pokey. In prison, David will have many guys who are “Not his type” he should remember to bend over..I hope he enjoys his stay
If this happens to me, some kid logging on as me and changing my password, I say yes, it certainly is identity theft.
I don’t see how it isn’t wire tapping to go in and snoop someone else’s account after hacking it.
“Which charges would put him in jail?”
Jail? You are kidding right? More likely he’ll get a cabinet level appointment from ‘Zero’!
Yeah, that is really the only one that matters. Wire fraud is a stretch and the misdemeanor is nothing. The judge will probably just tell the jury to tough it out a little more but will give up soon. They can give him whatever sentence they want on the obstruction charge alone.
He deserves between 10 and 15 years in jail..and a HUGE fine, let’s see his big lib daddy pay that fine and choke on it
Justice served!
Well, justice isn’t served til we find out what sentence he gets..lets hope its HARD TIME
I agree. And add the fact that it was meant to gather information that would be damaging to a candidate in an election. That’s high impact.
He’d better get serious prison time.
She was a vice presidential candidate, FGS and under Secret Service protection at the time, so we’re not talking about Sarah Q. Citizen.
The four charges, all felonies, are: identity theft, wire fraud, unlawfully obtaining information from a protected computer and destruction of records to hamper a federal investigation.
Interesting, I didn't consider that they would split on the three that they had already decided upon....
This is sad... MISDEMEANOR???
So, if the jury is deadlocked on the other charge what does that mean for the trial itself? A hung jury resulting in a mistrial???
LOL - that’s a good one, SB! He truly needs to pay a heavy duty price to discourage others when Sarah runs in 2012.....if, indeed, we have elections.
Exactly. I don’t understand the jury’s acquittal on that charge at ALL.
I wonder if the prosecution brought up who this kid’s dad is within the trial - or if that’s even allowed. After all, he is the son of a sitting State Representative for the State of TN. What do you want to bet this kid bragged about his “Haxxor skillz” to Daddy and he said “go for it”???
Jurors “not following their instructions!” Could there be a few Palin derangement syndrome sufferers?
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