A former University of Tennessee student who hacked into Sarah Palin's e-mail during the 2008 presidential campaign was sentenced Friday to a year and a day, with the judge recommending a halfway house instead of prison.
U.S. District Judge Thomas W. Phillips also said David Kernell, 22, should get mental health treatment, based on defense comments Friday that he has had conditions including depression since he was 11.
Kernell hugged family members and friends after hearing the sentence. He declined comment as they left the courthouse with his attorney.
He was an economics major when he deduced the answers to security questions and read e-mail in Palin's private Yahoo account.
The son of a Democrat Tennessee state legislator, this bright boy hacked into Sarah Palin's email account, and boasted of it online.
The defense claimed, and the judge agreed, that the poor boy needed 'mental health counseling', while spending a year and a day in a halfway house. Poor, poor boy. Poor child.
Do we wonder why young blacks his age RAGE against the culture? If they're caught with weed or cocaine, it's off for a long stretch at the state pen, or picking up litter for a year alongside the road in a striped suit.
A politically-connected college student, who created chaos in the life of a Vice-Presidential candidate, and cost how-many-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars? in the effort to shut him down and bring him to justice (complete with a jury trial!), gets the halfway house and a shrink, at taxpayer expense.
This kid leaves the courthouse smiling, recites the apology dictated by the lawyers (Now, remember kid, ya' gotta sell it!), and moves on to the rest of his well-connected life. No doubt the University of Tennessee will quietly welcome him back, and he will find a career in the Democrat party machine.
The black kid who gets out after selling weed will be unemployable, and back on the street.
Moms and Dads: If you plan to send your kid to UT Knoxville in 2012 or so, the creep's name is DAVID KERNELL. He is a felon, he is a creep, and he will be on campus with your child.
Here's his picture. He's the one on the left. He is a creep. He'll be in your child's world, and in yours. Change your passwords regularly, and make sure your kids steer clear of him. He's on the front end of his career.
