It did look bad for me—460 years was no walk in the park. I didn’t relish the idea of being locked away in prison for the rest of my life, unable to live a happy and productive life, and especially not being able to spend quality time with my mom and grandmother. They had me, hands down, for cloning cell phone numbers (the ESN’s were considered unauthorized access devices under Federal law). It was also true that I’d violated the terms of my 1989 supervised release by hacking into the voicemail of Pacific Bell Security Investigator Darrell Santos to gain information on the Teltec case, and also by associating with "computer hackers." But 460 years for these "evil" crimes? Were there no war criminals left?