Kernell Faces Possible Jail Time
So, it appears that Kernell, has a trial date for December 16th. If he is guilty like I said, he should be punished. What may have seemed like an elite hack for him (but was far from it) now has him facing a possible five years in years in prison, a possible quarter million fine, and three years of supervised release if convicted. While these will be negotiated down, I doubt he will do the full five years. While these terms may seem harsh the five year maximum term seems to be what others are getting for petty larceny. He is lucky that the penalties are not even greater.
I feel bad for Kernell in the way that one bad decision may count as a felony. He isn’t allowed a computer, but can apparently access e-mail and the internet for class work. How exactly this is going to be monitored and implemented would be interesting to know. Are they going to print his e-mails out and have supervised web-browsing?. How is he ever going to live without the web?
This also brings up the question is he allowed a cell phone? Mobile browsers or even SMS can be very powerful tools. I’ve put Dec 16th in my calendar, I’m interested in what the verdict will be for this one.
Add comment October 9th, 2008