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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

Government Seeks Seven-Month Sentence for LulzSec Leader 'Sabu'.

As a reward for his extensive cooperation helping prosecutors hunt down his fellow hackers, the government is seeking time served for the long-awaited sentencing of top LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, also known as "Sabu." After delaying his sentencing for nearly three years, the government has asked a federal court to sentence Monsegur to time served — just seven months — calling him an "extremely valuable and productive cooperator" in a document that details for the first time his extensive cooperation providing "unprecedented access to LulzSec." Monsegur, who has long been despised by members of LulzSec for his reported snitching, faced a possible sentence of between 259 and 317 months imprisonment under U.S. sentencing guidelines. But the U.S. Probation Office and prosecutors have asked for a reduced sentence "without regard to the otherwise applicable mandatory minimum sentence in this case" in a motion submitted to the U.S. District Court (PDF) in the Southern District of New York on Friday.

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/sabu-time-served-sent ence/ [wired.com]

http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mo nsegur.pdf [wired.com] [PDF]

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