Kernell sentenced to 1 year, 1 day in Palin e-mail case

A federal judge sentenced a former University of Tennessee student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail to one year and one day in federal custody.
David Kernell was arrested in 2008 for hacking the former Alaska governor's e-mail.
He recommended that Kernell serve his time at the Midway Rehabilitative Center on Magnolia Avenue in Knoxville, but that will be determined by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The judge also sentenced Kernell to three years probation.
Kernell will turn himself in at a later date.
Defense attorney Wade Davies had filed motions seeking probation at the sentencing, contending Kernell used publicly available information to guess his way into the e-mail in a prank. Prosecutors said the hacking was motivated by Palin's status as a governor and candidate for vice president.
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