Wow. After two years of following a case where an ex-husband was charged with a felony for snooping on his ex-wife’s email, I just read that the case was dropped at the 11th hour. L.L. Brasier reports: Prosecutors dropped felony charges Friday against a Rochester Hills man accused of snooping in his wife’s e-mail after…
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Michigan Supreme Court Rejects Spousal Privacy Law Appeal
The Leon Walker case, involving hacking charges against a man for accessing his ex-wife’s emails on her computer, will proceed. Timothy Flynn writes: The Michigan Supreme Court has rejected the interlocutory appeal from a man charged under Michigan’s “unauthorized computer access” statute for allegedly hacking into his former wife’s computer. Leon Walker suspected his wife…
MI: Man charged with hacking wife’s email vows to fight after case sent to trial
A Rochester Hills man charged with a 5-year felony for reading his wife’s email pledged today to take the matter to the state’s highest court after a lower court refused to dismiss the charge. In a written opinion released this morning, the Michigan Court of Appeals rule that Leon Walker should proceed to trial on…
PA: Son gets 2 years probation for computer spying on dad
Alex Rose reports on a case where a Pennsylvania judge handed out a fairly lenient sentence even though the defendant was convicted of installing software on his father’s computers to access and read his e-mails: Parth Ingle was sentenced to two years of county probation and 80 hours of community service Wednesday for using a…