Hacker of Sarah Palin's e-mail found guilty

Reuters reports, Hacker of Sarah Palin's e-mail found guilty.

"After four days of deliberations, a federal jury found David Kernell, the 22-year-old son of a Democratic Tennessee state legislator, guilty of obstruction of justice, a felony, and unauthorized access of a computer, a misdemeanor.

Kernell was cleared of a wire fraud charge, and the jury could not agree on a verdict on a charge of identity theft.

Judge Thomas Phillips declared a mistrial on the identity theft charge but did not set a date for sentencing.

The obstruction charge alone carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years, while the misdemeanor count is punishable by up to one year in jail."

I think he is clearly guilty of the misdemeanor and perhaps of the obstruction of justice charge (I don't know the details of that). I hope the sentencing is lenient, 20 years would be crazy.