KNOXVILLE – After two days of deliberating, a federal jury shows no sign a verdict is near in the trial of a former University of Tennessee student accused of hacking Sarah Palin’s e-mail.
There were no smiles among the six women and six men when they came back into court Wednesday after deliberating four felony charges against 22-year-old David Kernell. The jury in Knoxville deliberated about six hours, their second day behind closed doors.
Kernell is charged with identity theft, wire fraud, unauthorized access to a computer and obstruction of justice.
Palin’s e-mail was hacked shortly after she was picked in 2008 to be on the Republican presidential ticket.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Weddle said he is “not encouraged or discouraged” by the deliberations going to a third day.