Sarah Palin E-Mail Hacker Convicted of Computer Fraud
David Kernell, then 20, and a student at the University of Tennessee when he hacked into Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account. Photo courtesy of Gateway Pundit
David Kernell was convicted of two of four charges relating to his hacking into then Alaska Governor and GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account.
A Tennessee jury on Friday convicted the man who hacked Sarah Palin’s e-mail account on two of four charges — computer fraud and obstruction of justice. The panel did not find David Kernall guilty guilty of wire fraud. It deadlocked on an identity theft charge.
The former University of Tennessee student faced as much as 50 years for breaking into Palin’s e-mail while the former Alaska governor was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2008.
Palin testified during the trial.
Here is some video from the trial:
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- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – David Kernell Indicted and Pleads NOT Guilty
- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – No Indictment Today by Tennessee Grand Jury; Updated -â€Government’s Inquiry is Ongoingâ€
- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – Tennessee Grand Jury Scheduled to Hear Testimony?
- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – Search Warrant Served on “Obamacrat†David Kernell
- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – Who Was Behind the Hack? Was it David Kernell?
- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen – Who Was Behind the Hack?
- Sarah Palin Watch: E-mail Hacked and Family Photos/Voicemail Stolen
3 Comments
Matt
You woud do well to get away with this kind of behaviour in this day and age in any case let alone such a high profile case, big brother is watching you!!
delensof
totally agree with author.
Defragment Computer
Now this is serious stuff kids don’t think about when doing it. Hacking into somebody’s email box should be treated the same way as breaking into his house.