"Former college student David Kernell, whose criminal prying into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account caused an uproar two months before the 2008 presidential election, was today sentenced to a year and a day in federal custody by a judge who recommended that the time be served in a Knoxville, Tenn. halfway house. Corrections officials could reject that recommendation and send Kernell to prison, according to a story on KnoxNews.com. He will also face three years of probation." - NetworkWorld

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