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by alt2319 3612 days ago
Federal sentencing guidelines are pretty rigid and most computer fraud and abuse cases get the lowest end of the range.

The EFF has a good breakdown of weev's sentence and the D&D-like charts and calculations used to reach it. He got hammered for "special skill", "sophisticated means" and "means of identification" bonuses.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/41-months-weev-underst...