Rasch says
if the hacker were charged with a misdemeanor, he would
likely face a sentence of zero to six months, depending on his history, attitude and contrition.
If the hacker were to come forward and apologize to Palin and tell the FBI exactly what he did, prosecutors
might take this into consideration.
"
If the government treats this for what it really is, which was a kid who was curious to see if he could do this . . . then the kid
should be in reasonably good shape" and face "little, if any, jail time," Rasch said.