David "Popcorn" Kernell Trial Watch: Jury Deliberations and Verdict
Obama operative David “Popcorn” Kernell should receive his verdicts today, in the four counts prosecuted against him in Tennessee court the last two weeks.
Yesterday, jurors decided three of the counts, but declined to release a partial verdict while they continued deliberations on the fourth and last remaining count (identify theft).
Today, the jury reconvenes at 9am or so, to being another day of deliberations. Yesterday, the judge allowed friends and observers to remain in the courtroom, indicating the court thought a verdict would be returned before the end of the day. Since it wasn’t, we believe the verdict will come back today. With just that one count left to deliberate on, and the jury seemingly deadlocked by just one juror, we think all matters will be resolved and we’ll hear the Obama operative’s fate some time this afternoon. Probably after lunch. That way, the jury gets more free sammiches.
If you’re following the trial, update this thread with the latest you hear…especially if the verdict indeed comes back today.
We’re rooting for guilty on all counts for this lawbreaker. He should be made an example of. We know he won’t get all 50 years in prison, but he deserves at least 5 or so, with his father losing his seat as Tennessee state rep in the fall as well.
Here’s hoping.
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UPDATE: Conflicting reports, but it looks like the jury convicted on obstruction of justice and computer tampering, acquitted on wire fraud, and deadlocked/mistrialed on identity theft.
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Oh, I sincerely hope that he does time. This is a VERY serious charge – hacking their email and then entering the password onto other sites? That’s like making a duplicate of your safe deposit box key and then dropping it at the bus stop with your name and the address of the bank on it. This is a serious charge and I will be very upset if he doesn’t do time.
This will REALLY cheese me off if he only gets a slap on the wrist and a suspended sentence. There is nothing that would gall me more than having little Mr. Goldilocks smirk in public. (Damn, just the sight of that smirk makes my itchy fingers reach for a 2×4).
I will be almost afraid to check in on this thread throughout the day. Fearing the worst… that the punk gets off scot free.
But I’ll check in anyways… so keep me posted! OK? I’m counting on HillBuzz to keep me informed….
I’ll bet my left boob that this turkey get’s off. Completely. You just watch.
Our girl is fair game.
Your left boob.
You’re a riot!
LOL! We don’t need another left boob, there’s already one in the white house!
My sweetie (in Chicago) often says to me, “Honey, why are you always picking on your left boob? You’re going to make me feel sorry for it!”
He’s such a …..lovable putz. LOL
winner winner chicken dinner
First time I’ve heard “left boob”… Have always heard men say “left nut”, though. But why the left? Goes without saying, i guess….
the federal sentencing system is based on a very detailed set of guidelines, and a matrix that uses the severity of the crime and the defendant’s criminal history to come up with a potential sentence, with a usual range of six months to a year, to give the judge some discretion. For instance, if you are convicted of a tax crime, the offense level is based on the amount of the tax bill. A lower level can lead to probation, but if the level is high enough probation is not possible.
I’m very suspicious that The Chicago Mob (guess who) managed to get themselves a ringer or two inserted into the jury; and that while they’ll probably find him guilty on the most minor of charges, with something like 30 days probation; he and his lawyer will come out (no matter what) and declare victory, and the Enemedia will spend the afternoon and evening crowing about Governor Palin having been smote down in court. Yeah, I know, terribly cynical of me. We’ll see.
Still deadlocked. Yeah, the longer they take, the better it looks for the little perp.
I once heard that karma means that there is total justice in the universe. Sometimes a court helps decide the karma, but karma nonetheless. America is in serious moral disrepair. Here’s hoping the scales of justice still work.
i like to think the jurors will do the right thing..getting off with a slap on the wrist would be a travesty of the justice system.
i watch a lot of true crime shows, most jurors when interviewed after a verdict, display a lot of good “horse sense”!
Meant to post this a week ago. Lots of people have given up their cable tv and all that.
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whoops, posted to wrong thread. My apologies.
Have faith in the legal system. Palin as managed to get justice on everyone of those ethics complaints against her. According to her lawyer that posted on her facebook page the score is 26-0 with one case still pending.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/swing-and-a-miss/383652698434
I think the Boyz are right about the verdict being later this afternoon. I was on a jury for an aggravated sexual assault case and one juror strung out punishment deliberations until the Friday afternoon of the trial so that she wouldn’t have to go back to work before the weekend. Utterly amazing. She even held out on the initial guilty/not guilty phase of deliberations because she felt like the woman “got what she deserved” until deliberations had gone on long enough that she could safely be tied up in sentencing deliberations for the rest of the week.
Good timing for a Friday news dump too.
They must have really good food.
The truth should come up. Was this guy part of the Obama campaign to derail the 2008 elections just dring the economic crisis?
The Obama people placed Black Panthers guarding polling stations. This Obama is worst than Nixon.
“KNOXVILLE – Still stuck – and now breaking for lunch.
Just a few minutes ago, jurors in the trial of accused Sarah Palin e-mail intruder David C. Kernell indicated they wanted to communicate with the judge. But the judge sent the jury to lunch and will hear the matter at 1 p.m.”
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/apr/30/judge-presents-dynamite-charge-stuck-palin-e-mail-/
Probly one ass hole holding things up.
I don’t have a good feeling about this.
All will be well.
I have a feeling that regardless of the verdict Sarah will be very strong and common-sense. She and her family were able to tell the jury just what the violations did to them personally, and nothing can make those things untrue. “Popcorn” did it all. The question isn’t whether he did it, it’s a question of what laws he violated.
But I hope he gets to spend some time behind bars. Convictions will be forever on his record. Whenever he goes to fill out job applications he will have to answer “yes” to “Have you ever been convicted of a crime?”
Unfortunately being convicted of a crime won’t matter for a democrat insider.He’ll have a job waiting at some lefty NGO.
A job? Are you kidding? He’d get a cabinet appointment!
Here’s my best hope–a conviction with some jail time.
But my next hope–that Sarah will take this conviction “beyond a reasonable doubt”, which is the standard for criminal trials to a civil lawsuit judgement for the plaintiff “from a preponderance of the evidence.
I want Sarah to do this to show that she had a hard streak, a determined streak, a ruthless streak. It’d go a long way towards building a healthy respect in her enemies, and more confidence in her supporters.
We’re in danger of losing all kinds of freedoms. If Sarah is to lead, she needs to show the Mama Bear teeth and claws.
Convicted on two counts…..just flashed up on Fox….no details yet.
Bobby Jindal speaking on spill.
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Palin e-mail breach: David Kernell convicted of obstruction of justice, unauthorized access
WBIR.com Updated: 4/30/2010 3:12:47 PM Posted: 4/30/2010 2:52:33 PM
A federal jury has found former UT student David Kernell guilty of obstruction of justice and unauthorized access in the breach of Sarah Palin’s e-mail.
The obstruction of justice conviction makes Kernell a felon.
The case is a mistrial on count one, the charge of identity theft.
The jury found Kernell not guilty on count 2, the charge of wire fraud.
Unauthorized access is a misdemeanor lesser included charge from count three, which accused Kernell of felony unlawful computer access.
The jury found Kernell guilty of obstruction of justice. That carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, with a fine up to $250,000.
The jury has been deliberating only the identity theft charge for the past day, after telling the judge they’d reached a verdict on three of the four counts.
The jury was to decide Kernell’s innocence or guilt; the judge will decide sentencing.
Charges, possible sentence
Count one: identity theft
Maximum 5 years in prison
$250,000 fine
3 years supervised release
Count two: wire fraud
Maximum 20 years in prison
$250,000 fine
5 years supervised release
Count three: unlawful computer access
Maximum 5 years in prison
$250,000 fine
3 years supervised release
Lesser included misdemeanor offense on count 3 carries a maximum of 1 year in prison
Count four: obstruction of justice
Maximum 20 years in prison
$250,000 fine
5 years supervised release
It looks like he could get up to 21 years. I wonder when the judge will issue sentencing.
It looks like the system is working. With all of the bad news these day, that is refreshing to me.
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=120380&catid=2
Guilty on 2 counts, mistrial on count of identity theft
CNY says:
I have a feeling the jury has voted to acquit on the three counts for which there is a verdict but are hung up on the last charge. My reasoning is that if there were guilty verdicts on the first three counts there would be no reason to hang up on the fourth count as the guilty voters would not care enough about the fourth count to hang around and argue about it. Just a hunch–I could be wrong.