Husband checks wifes email, may get five years.

[rocketpig]

noname2200 said:

rocketpig said:

It's their job to prosecute criminals. Often times, depending on personal politics/attitude, they push things farther than judges will let them (my gf is a law clerk under a judge so I get to hear all about it). If they don't try to get creative with prosecution and how laws are applied, no one will.

Right, hence my concession earlier.  But that's a very far cry from what you originally wrote.  That's all I'm saying.

Sure. I wasn't entirely clear in my first post. My point was that this kind of thing being prosecuted isn't a real surprise. If the judge allows it to go through and get to a jury trial and the guy is convicted of it, THEN I'd be surprised.