What is it about headlines involving charges that love to focus on “facing prison”. At the very least this should indicate the RANGE of punishments, and there

What is it about headlines involving charges that love to focus on “facing prison”. At the very least this should indicate the RANGE of punishments, and there is a hell of a range. From the article, he’s been charged with “unauthorized use of a computer”. IANAL but there would seem to be at least two possible interpretations of this charge [1], and the “Summary Election” variant has a MAXIMUM punishment of $5000 fine or 6 months. The other interpretation “Indictable Election” is a maximum of 10 years. As with any case, details matter. Judges aren’t just sending every hacker to prison for 10 years. He may be judged not guilty (evil intent must be proven; then there’s his age, etc.), or given a way, way, way smaller punishment than this “prison” he “faces”. [1] http://criminalnotebook.ca/index.php/Unauthorized_Use_of_Computer_(Offence) http://criminalnotebook.ca/index.php/Unauthorized_Use_of_Com...