Schoolboy hacker faces 38 years in jail. Bush goes free?

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Monday June 23, 2008 · 7:17 AM PDT

2008/06/23 · 07:17

This is my first diary. But this story is enough to make me vomit. According to news sources, an 18 year old boy faces up to 38 years in prison for hacking into the school computers to change his grade:

A teenager faces felony charges and could spend decades in prison over allegations that he repeatedly broke into an acclaimed Orange County high school, hacked into computers to change his grades and stole tests -- all in hopes of improving his college admissions prospects, authorities said Tuesday.

Omar Khan, 18, should be graduating with his Tesoro High School classmates today; instead, he is being held in jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. Another student, Tanvir Singh, also 18, faces lesser charges and is expected to turn himself in to authorities this afternoon.

A short rant below the fold.

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