Update: Alleged Palin e-mail hacker goes to trial in December

A University of Tennessee student has been indicted for illegally accessing the personal e-mail of vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

It alleges David Kernell, 20, used Yahoo's password recovery tool to gain access to Sarah Palin's e-mail, by answering questions with information available to the public with some research.

David Kernell is set for trial December 16. He has entered a plea of not guilty.

Kernell turned himself in at court Wednesday morning. The indictment was returned Tuesday and unsealed Wednesday.

When he arrived at court, he was shackled and handcufffed.

The conditions for his release contain more than a dozen provisions, including:

--cannot leave the Eastern District of Tennessee without court permission. Kernell's family lives in Memphis.
--cannot possess a computer.
--can access e-mail and can only access internet for class work.
--must not have any contact with Gov. Sarah Palin or her family.

The indictment alleges he reset the account's password and read Palin's e-mail, then posted screenshots and the password to a public message board.

Kernell could face five years in prison and fines up to $250,000 if convicted.

He is the son of Democratic Rep. Mike Kernell of Memphis. Friends have described Kernell as politically interested but not active. No UT student political organization has claimed him as a member.