Bummer. Leftie Obama Supporter & Palin Hacker Sent to Prison After All
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, January 28, 2011, 11:57 AM
A federal jury convicted David Kernell, a college student who broke into Sarah Palin’s email account, of unauthorized access to a computer and obstruction of justice. The young Obama supporter was sentenced to a year in prison in November. The judge recommended that Kernell serve his time in a halfway house. Sadly, that didn’t work out.
Sarah Palin testified against Kernell, the son of a prominent liberal politician from Tennessee, at the trial.
David Kernell, the son of liberal Tennessee State Representative Mike Kernell was indicted in October 2008 by a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tennessee., for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons rejected a federal judge’s recommendation that David Kernell be housed at a Magnolia Avenue halfway house instead of a prison.
Knox News reported:
A former University of Tennessee student convicted of illegally accessing Sarah Palin’s private e-mail account is too smart and too loved to rate a bed in a Knoxville halfway house.
So says the Federal Bureau of Prisons in a rare public explanation of why the agency rejected a federal judge’s recommendation that David Kernell be housed at a Magnolia Avenue halfway house instead of a prison.
BOP Chief Jose Santana wrote in a letter to U.S. District Judge Thomas Phillips that he could not honor the judge’s request that Kernell spend his sentence of one day shy of a year at the Midway Rehabilitation Center because there are too many needier felons waiting in line.
“Our agency contracts (halfway house) bed space for inmates who have a greater need … such as those with limited job skills/resources and family and community support,” Santana wrote. “Mr. Kernell has attended three years of college and has the support of his family.”
The bureau instead sent Kernell, 22, to a minimum-security facility in Ashland, Ky.
In his first public comments on the BOP’s decision, defense attorney Wade Davies said Thursday that he found the explanation lacking.
Most Likely Scenario – The prison will be full of democrats and Obama supporters who will treat him like a hero.
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Published May 21, 2012 at 12:19 am - 62 Comments
Lee__ commented:
I’m sure the Justice Dept. will find a reason to intervene or a pardon issued by the White House will be issued.
Ditto commented:
He should be in Federal prison over this, not a minimum security facility, let alone a half-way house. Hack into any Democrat’s email account and release the contents online, and see what happens to you!
AuntieMadder commented:
There’s some poetic justice in a wealthy lefturd being overlooked in favor of “the needy.” Sweet.
I suspect, however, that this decision is part of a larger plan, one that will have Kernell back home in a couple of months instead of staying in a halfway house for a day short of a year. Crappy halfway house filled with peasants for 364 days? Or…A couple of months in minimum security prison then out on parole or just out? 364 days? A couple of months? I’d definitely go with the couple of months at minimum security prison…if I was a loser criminal, that is.
Militant Conservative commented:
Prison will make him a catcher. LOL
Loser lefty.
JR commented:
Buh bye
Don Rodrigo commented:
Here’s hoping he acquires a large boyfriend for the duration.
rbosque commented:
He won’t spend the year, the Communist community will find a way to make his a hero, they’ll probably name a building at his school after him.
JimmyT commented:
I believe the most likely scenario is that the BOP are Palin supporters and wanted his arce in the slammer.
Susan commented:
He’s a cute, soft looking little boy. I hope he’s very, very popular for the duration of his stay.
Too bad he’s not getting into a tougher facility.
Joanne commented:
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/28/amb-john-bolton-democracy-coming-eygpt/
Everyone needs to read this about the demonstrations in Egypt.
Maria commented:
he is brand marked for ever as a criminal, I’m sure Obama will have a job for him……
P. Aaron commented:
Heh.
jayo commented:
“Here’s hoping he acquires a large boyfriend for the duration.”
“He’s a cute, soft looking little boy. I hope he’s very, very popular for the duration of his stay.
Too bad he’s not getting into a tougher facility.”
You’re both disgusting and should be ashamed of yourselves.
Gee, I sure hope he gets raped repeatedly for a white collar offence! Praise Jesus and Sarah Palin!
dunce commented:
Fortunately as a result of his conviction he will not be able to legally buy a gun. That does not mean that he will abandon his sarah palin syndrome and not stalk her and her family upon his release.
burt commented:
I never knew a criminal who couldn’t aquire a firearm. Chicago has the most strict gun laws of any city in the United States. I have had deputy sheriffs at the Cook County Court house tell me the were afraid to be around the court house after dark – and they had loaded .45′s.
Truck Driver Divorce commented:
Note the picture – they catch her in the middle of a laugh that makes her look bad but he’s cute and thoughtful. What a bunch of Liberal crap.
I don’t wish prison on anyone – God only knows what happens in there. Even in the minimum security ones. But this kid deserved it for breaking into an account. This crap from the Left has to stop.
And note that the Left sure did throw him under the bus real quick. It was , bye! Have fun in prison! Now who else can we get to do our dirty deeds for us?
∅ commented:
jayo sounds rather butthurt by the remarks in this thread:(
vero commented:
one less Democrat to be able to vote in future elections. Felons cannot vote
patman commented:
Future butt pirate.
And I hear that prison has a good cafeteria. They specialize in tossed salad.
Have fun, douchebag.
jetstream commented:
You would not believe the corruption in Tennessee. No wonder Kernell thought nothing would happen to him. This time, however, bigger power than his daddy’s prevented his getting just a slap on the wrist.
JDubya commented:
Looks like he’ll be entering a whole new concept of social networking.
Better get a soap on a rope for the showers, Chumly.
Larry Craig's stall commented:
Meanwhile the Republicans in congress are trying to redefine rape..SICK!!!
John Tanner MIRC commented:
Had this happened in Illinois, we would have been decorated. Even when I do dislike criminals in general and this spoiled brat in particular, isn’t a year too much for such a felony?
John Tanner MIRC commented:
I just read the facts and changed my mind: he earned that year in the cage. He tried to damage Palin as much as he could. Not to mention his clumsy attempt to obstruct the investigation.
myohmy commented:
David Kernell will have time to think his stupidity in prison. The idiot deserve the prison time.
newmike commented:
I hear they love the boys with curly hair in the joint. His nickname will be Party Favor..
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Nice. GPers wishing for actual rape on this dude.
Do you understand what you are saying? If you truly do, you’re no better than the average Kos- or Huffpo-dweller. No, I am not kidding.
I’m not shocked when Kos and Huffpo commenters state their wishes that the political opposition, even those who broke the law, be raped. But GPers? This is dismaying, to say the very least.
Hey, maybe we should hang him, too, after he gets out? Maybe do to him what the left did to Ms. Bautsch in New Orleans last year? What other fantasies can we come up with, Conservative Thinkers?
/*hawwwwk…..SPIT*/
Guy in Ohio commented:
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time ….
GrayRider commented:
He sure do have a purty mouth. Sooie!!!
Andreas K. commented:
Devil’s advocate for a second.
“Unauthorized access to a computer” is BS. He didn’t access a computer. He accessed an account that wasn’t his. Essentially it’s unauthorized access to software.
Also, he didn’t hack anything. What he managed to do has to be partly blamed on Sarah Palin as well. She used real life info for the most secure parts, which is… utterly STUPID.
No. It is. I’ve been working in IT long enough to have the urge to beat such people with a keyboard or strangle them with the cord of their mouse.
You don’t use real life info for password recovery and similar things. You don’t. It’s like using your birthdate a password. It’s stupid. Utterly stupid. Personally I have zero sympathies for people who do something like that.
Yes, that little idiot’s actions were wrong. Absolutely. He deserves to get punished. But opportunity creates thieves. If Sarah would have used made-up data for those secure parts, none of this would have happened.
cedarhill commented:
Andreas K. Gee. Please leave your keys in your car so another victim can steal your car. After all, you’re so STUPID that you deserve to lose your car. Oh, and since it’s a car and it has a computer, your car thief really only stole software – no big deal at all.
Iif you’re sex is female, as your name implies, just remember that folks like Kernell have used your “gee, she really asked me to rape her” excuse for decades. Use your own advise and stay home, locked in a panic room and wear a chastity belt. After all, if you properly secure yourself you’ll never be raped, or molested or even ridiculed.
Cobalt-Blue commented:
The nick name for that Ashland Minimum Security Prison is “The Country Club”.
Merle commented:
I believe that the guy needs to be punished, but good grief! It is sick to wish that he be raped while he is in prison. Losing his freedom and being locked up is enough. Those who wish rape on anyone are despicable.
Shame on anyone that would think that is ok or funny. Be better than that…
MAJ Mike commented:
A felony conviction would seem to limit his future choices. No Federal job for him. He couldn’t get a security clearance. Probably couldn’t get a teacher’s certification because of a felony conviction.
I suspect he’s had a history of questionable activites and he’s always been able to skate because of Daddy’s political pull. Didn’t work this time.
Despite this, rape is not an appropriate punishment for his act. People shouldn’t make jokes about that.
Dangerous Dan commented:
I live a tad south of Ashland and have a nephew who is a corrections officer there. There are two facilities at Ashland (it’s actually in Summit, KY), one a medium security with double fencing and triple strand razor/concertina wire at the top of each fence. The other is minimum security and that’s were Pete Rose spent most of his time if this old feller’s memory is correct.
The nephew says both are good facilities with excellent staff who are fair but also have a no Bravo Sierra attitude as far as managing the place and the inmate population. He says his approach is he expects to be treated respectfully and he will reciprocate. If he experiences the opposite then he reciprocates appropriately and all in his AoR know it. He says he’s had very little problems in his 11 yrs there. I always got the impression when talking to him that they run a pretty tight ship there.
I’d rather do time in a Fed facility than a state run place, any day!
Bogdan from Australia commented:
#31 AndreasK.
Don’t play the “devil’s advocate” because you are wrong on the issue.
When I migrated to Aussie (I call it Eunuchalia now) and it was in 1985, there were districts in Newcastle in NSW where the folks used not to lock up the door when leaving their homes.
Would you co-blame the ownes of the house for making it easier for the thief to steal their property?
Would you claim that the crime commited by the thief would be somehow milder and more acceptable and punishment applied less severe?
Palin used to live in community in her native Alaska among overwhelmingly honest folks, where the people indeed sometimes leave their doors open.
It didn’t even occur to her to make her own computer site more secure.
It doesn’t make that DEGENERATE less guilty.
He should consider himself BLOODY LUCKY.
If it was a litter of some Republican politician breaking to Biden’s computer site, that “kid” would for sure be accused of attempting to disrupt election and received at least five time more severe jail sentence.
Otherwise we are on the same side of the poltical barricade.
Bogdan from Australia commented:
#35 MAJ Mike.
Of course. Nobody wishes that jerk to be raped.
The folks articulate only their justifable frustration over the outrageously mild sentence that WORM has received for the crime he had commited.
The tragic fact is that the majority of the socalled “legal profession” is playing social activists insetad of applying the law based on Constitution.
They are actively enforcing Obama’s agenda of turning America, the freest country in the world and the protector of the Free People into a socialist style concentration camp.
They are helping Obama to destryo the LAW.
If the law crashes, such worms like Kernell shall be considering themselves lucky if it ends up with only being raped in prison.
feduptoo commented:
I live 10 minutes from this prison….there are two….about a block apart.
We see them, in good weather, picking up trash on the highways, or grooming the prison grounds.
One of these prisons has barbed wire around it, the other doesn’t, so I expect he will be in this one.
This one is built right next to the National Guard building where they work on their trucks and heavy eq.
Come summer, maybe I will see him out picking up trash.