Well, previous behaviour has everything to do with sentencing. Seriously, they don't just look at the case and go "41 months!", they weigh everything up and go

Well, previous behaviour has everything to do with sentencing. Seriously, they don't just look at the case and go "41 months!", they weigh everything up and go from there. The likelihood is a security researcher with a spotless past wouldn't have gone through it, prosecution would have pushed for a hard sentence of course but the final judgement takes into account everything. Basically, the prosecution wanted a harsh sentence to set precedent and weev gave them the ammo to do it.