The "facing 40 years" is a quirk of the US justice system. While still often out of proportion he's not going to get 40 years. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/20

The "facing 40 years" is a quirk of the US justice system. While still often out of proportion he's not going to get 40 years. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/41-months-weev-understanding-how-sentencing-guidelines-work-cfaa-cases-0 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/41-months-weev-underst...