Student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin e-mail account
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8655569.stm
A jury in Tennessee has convicted a former student of hacking the e-mail account of US politician Sarah Palin, Associated Press news agency reports.
David Kernell, 22, was found guilty of obstructing justice and unauthorised access to a computer.
He faces up to 20 years in prison for the first charge and one year for the charge of hacking.
He broke into Ms Palin's e-mail account during her 2008 Republican campaign for the vice-presidency of the US.
Kernell, who was a student at the University of Tennessee at the time, was cleared of a charge of wire fraud.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8655569.stm
David Kernell, 22, was found guilty of obstructing justice and unauthorised access to a computer.
He faces up to 20 years in prison for the first charge and one year for the charge of hacking.
He broke into Ms Palin's e-mail account during her 2008 Republican campaign for the vice-presidency of the US.
Kernell, who was a student at the University of Tennessee at the time, was cleared of a charge of wire fraud.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8655569.stm
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