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March 23, 2013 12:45 am GMT

iPad Hacker Appeals With Cyber Law Expert as New Lawyer

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The infamous iPad hacker will get another day in court, and this time, he'll have a dream team of lawyers to defend him.

Andrew Auernheimer, also known as Weev, was sentenced to 41 months in prison on Monday for computer crimesIn a blog post on Thursday, Orin Kerr, a former federal prosecutor and an expert in computer crime law, announced he was joining his defense team pro bono and he also confirmed that they had filed a notice of appeal (PDF), the initial step in the appeal process

Kerr joins Auernheimer's trial lawyer Tor Ekeland, and two attorneys from the Internet civil rights advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Marcia Hofmann and Hanni Fakhoury. The two announced they were joining the case on Monday


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