Tennessee Student Facing More Charges in Palin Hacking

I seriously doubt this punk will ever do a minute of jail time since his daddy is an elected Democrat, but it's worth seeing him squirm a bit.

A U.S. District judge re-arraigned David Kernell in court Monday morning because he now faces not one but four counts in an internet fraud case.

The University of Tennessee student is accused of accessing former vice-presidental candidate Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account.

The 21-year-old student allegedly figured out the answers to security questions to access the Alaska Governor's private Yahoo e-mail account.

Also in court Monday, Kernell agreed that re-setting his trial to October 27th would not violate his right to a speedy trial.

The federal trial was previously postponed until May to give both sides time to analyze computer evidence in the case.

The indictment describes the four counts, all linked to events alleged to have happened September 16, 2008, when Kernell was a 20 year old student.

He's now accused of stealing Palin's online identity, transferring that information to others outside Tennessee, committing graud [sic] related to computers and obstructing an FBI investigation into the matter.

If convicted on counts two and four of the new indictment, Kernell faces a maximum punishment of 20 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 5 years of supervised release.

If convicted on counts one and three of the new indictment, Kernell faces a maximum punishment of 5 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and 3 years of supervised release.