Now That Election Day is behind us, judgment day nears for David Kernell, the son of a Tennessee politician who was convictedrnearlier this year of prying into Sarah Palin's personal e-mail account two months before the 2008 presidential election.rnKernell, 22, is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 12. Prosecutors are looking to send him to prison, while the defense is doing its best to avoid that prospect.rnA recent court filing by his lawyer contends that Kernell's actions represented "an aberration from his normal course of conduct" and that his "youth and emotional condition justify" a lighter sentence. In addition, his attorney argues, probation or alternative sentencing has been applied in "many" similar cases.
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