Hacker gets 10 year prison sentence for hacking over 50 celebrity email accounts

[Wjowski]

I think its been posted...he's been busted 3 times for this same offense. They finally threw the book at him pretty hard over it.

No to mention he didn't just 'rob' one home, he did the equivalent of robbing fifty homes.

[dupersuper]

A quick google gave this:
If its the first offense.. the person may face no less than two years in prison and no more than ten years. If its the second offense, they may face no less than 4 years and no more than fifteen.

So 10 years doesn't seem to be abnormal.

That's what's on the books, but is that what they usually end up serving?

[verslibre]

That's what's on the books, but is that what they usually end up serving?

Nonviolent crimes are typically punished with less severity than violent crimes (with exceptions), so I'd wager no.

[dupont2005]

You're comparing apples and oranges. Because of the way Federal sentencing works with the sentencing guidelines judges have very little discretion in sentencing.

I wasn't talking about the hackers sentence, I was talking about breaking and entering. The Google result posted said a minimum of two years for a first offense.

[mikekerrIII]

How often do people who commit B&E in the U.S. get 10 years?

Not often enough, but if you get convicted of 50 Cases you will be in jail at least that long

[Vibranium]

Not often enough, but if you get convicted of 50 Cases you will be in jail at least that long

a couple here in Connecticut got 12 years for 4 or 5 cases of breaking and entering...total methheads

[The Cool Thatguy]

But that didn't actually happen here, did it? 10 years for a conjecture (potential for manslaughter due to mental harassment?) seems a bit harsh, I think.

So what if it didn't happen in this instance? Ideally, this sentence will make hackers think twice in instances where it would happen.

*edit*

Also, from the article itself?

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