e ended when U.S. District Court Judge Marianna Pfaelzer sentenced the hacker to 46 months in prison. Mitnick was also ordered to pay $4,125 in restitution -- a fraction of the $1.5 million federal prosecutors sought. Since his arrest in February 1995, Mitnick has become the focus of four books. He also won the title of "World's Most Notorious Hacker" in the 1999 Guinness Book of World Record. Meanwhile, a grassroots campaign built on bumper stickers and demonstrations have complained that Mitnick is a victim of bad press and big business.
             Confused why I did my report on Kevin? You think, "Oh he's a hacker, he's bad." And you think justice was served in this case? Well maybe it was, but I'm also confused about a few things. By the notion that officers of the court who are sworn to uphold the Constitution (Assistant US Attorneys David Schindler and Christopher Painter) would attempt to deny Kevin his constitutional rights to effectively assist in his defense, and to confront his accusers. I'm confused by the very notion that the judge in this case would deny without comment Kevin's discovery motion. And I'm confused by the judge's decision of Friday, May 21, 1999, when the Judge denied without comment Kevin's ex parte application for an expert to assist in evaluating the government's empty arguments that claim Kevin's actions created millions of dollars in losses.
             This case can be distilled down to the dramatic difference between Kevin'
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