Guilty verdict in Palin email case
A jury in Tennessee has so far found the man who hacked into Sarah Palin's email accounts while she was running for Vice President guilty on two counts.
CNN has the story:
(CNN) - In their fourth day of deliberations, a federal jury in Tennessee has so far found a 22 year-old man guilty on two of four counts in a case that involved hacking into Sarah Palin's e-mail account nearly two years ago when she was the vice presidential nominee.The jury has determined David Kernell, 22, is guilty on felony charges of intentionally accessing Palin's e-mail account without authorization and obstructing an FBI investigation, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
Meanwhile, the jury acquitted Kernell on a third charge of wire fraud and remains divided over the fourth charge of identity theft.
It's unclear if the district court judge will order the jurors will order the jury to continue their deliberations, according to the News Sentinel.
In a statement on her Facebook page, Palin said she and her family are "thankful that the jury thoroughly and carefully weighed the evidence and issued a just verdict."