His issue here is he clearly does not have big [enough] money lawyers representing him - it's not like he is on the college hacker team receiving a helping hand

His issue here is he clearly does not have big [enough] money lawyers representing him - it's not like he is on the college hacker team receiving a helping hand for his legal troubles from his alma mater. The US seems to have some of the craziest over-reaction sentences and has been happily exporting the insanity to legal systems around the world for quite a while. They put the gas pedal to the floor both domestically and internationally post 9/11 as, you know, some of these people are helping terrorists and stuff. Why else would a SWAT team need to go so heavy-handed on a trivial arrest like this. As an aside, I now know more of the background from the Good Wife episode; I've been suprised how often tech stories are woven in and in surprisingly balanced detail.