Maybe calibrating the test with a statistical deviation tolerance from the host DNA can be used to identify it ?

If it works with early forms of cancer, this is nobel prize material.

I think you overestimating the knowledge legislators have of the hacker world, as well as the irony of my comment. I'm a firm believer in "curing" criminals instead of punishing them.

I'm sure we can argue back and forth on the "good" or "bad" intrinsic nature of the human beings. From an evolutionist point of view "good" behavior (not in a moral way but in a rational way) within a group being the norm, and bad behavior being the anomaly, makes more sense than the opposite. ...or maybe the "hope" I'm exhibiting is biased by evolution as well...

P.S.: Comment not applicable to large entities such as states. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment for more information on this exception.

Think about it, they NEED to keep him in jail for at least 10 years : this is the only way to be sure that his "dangerous" knowledge about the interwebs will be obsolete enough to be harmless !

JUSTICE !