Man faces felony charge for reading wife's e-mail

[Xavier]

This story is just crazy. Do you think he deserves these charges?

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<span style="font-style: italic">The Michigan man used his spouse's password to find out about her infidelity. If convicted, he could spend five years in prison</span>.


Source: LA Times
Writer: times wire reports

Detroit — A Michigan man who says he learned of his wife's infidelity by reading her e-mail faces felony charges of computer misuse.

Prosecutors, relying on a Michigan statute typically used to prosecute crimes such as identity theft or stealing trade secrets, have charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony after he logged onto a laptop in the home he shared with his wife, Clara Walker. If convicted in the trial that begins Feb. 7, he could be sentenced to five years in prison.

Using her password, he accessed his wife's Gmail account and learned she was having an affair. She filed for divorce, which was finalized this month.

Leon Walker told the Oakland Press of Pontiac, Mich., that he was trying to protect the couple's children from neglect. He called the case a &quot;miscarriage of justice.&quot;

Oakland prosecutors say the charge is justified.

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[Tuff Gong]

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Lack im up... just like reading her snail-mail. If he felt she was no good then he should have walked or if he needs stuff for divorce, hired a PI to get the evidence!

[Peasie]

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he accessed someone's account under false pretenses.
because it is his wife, does that make this less of a crime? what if he had accessed her bank account?

lack up him baxide yes

[Emperah]

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how bout grab har, dig a pit, put har een deh up tuh har neck and give 250 ppl some smooth stones fi deal wid har case?

[Nanook]

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I agree he needs a punishment, but 5 years? That is ridiculous. I used to have a co-worker that shot his girlfriend to death and instead of calling an ambulance he drove the car to the hospital. For that move he was forgiven for trying to &quot;save her&quot;. He only got 7 years.

This guy should get a fine or penalty or something but years in the slammer is just wrong. I wonder if he had other circumstances which led to the severe punishment.

[diabolical_Tanya]

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I do not think he deserves any form of punishment.

I discovered a partners infidelity because he left me alone in his house with his MSN logged in. thank god for that

the wife should be the one punished or vilified

[diabolical_Tanya]

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and further to that, she is using a shared computer to conduct her infidelity, IMO no different than yu employer monitoring yu work email dem

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I do not think he deserves any form of punishment.

I discovered a partners infidelity because he left me alone in his house with his MSN logged in. thank god for that

the wife should be the one punished or vilified </div></div>

He gained access with her PW, He is facing 5years. I doubt it will be custodial, maybe all or part suspended. He is lucky if it was snail-mail it would be Federal!

[kia027]

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I think she should be thanking him for doing that because it would allow her to then be open about her lover to him and clarify the fact that their marriage is gone.

They had a shared laptop and it is not like he did not know the password (they did not say he hacked her account but that he <span style="font-weight: bold">used </span>her password).

What example is the ex-wife teaching their children?

[diabolical_Tanya]

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she is a cheating whore

[j-kid]

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Dem fi fine him guilty, ongle if dem ah goh duh di same to all dem ooman out deh whe duh di same ting, an also tuh ooman whe ah keep read dem spouse's text messages.

[Derek]

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Judging by this photo they were probably swingers anyway.

[Tuff Gong]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Judging by this photo they were probably swingers anyway. </div></div>

LOL!

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tuff Gong</div><div class="ubbcode-body">He gained access with her PW, He is facing 5years. I doubt it will be custodial, maybe all or part suspended. He is lucky if it was snail-mail it would be Federal! </div></div>

Exactly. On the surface of things, a husband snooping into a wife's email is trifling. But if it were someone unknown to you who logged into your email account, searched it, and gathered all kinds of information about you, then that is a criminal offense. Remember the kid who guessed Sarah Palin's email password? Same thing, right? Only difference is that this post is about a husband and wife.

[j-kid]

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Derek, yuh definitely hav ah few screws loose!!!!