Spam Felony Conviction Upheld: No Free Speech To Spam
 

It's not a public hanging.....but its a start.....

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"Virginia's Supreme Court on Friday upheld the first US felony conviction
for spamming. The spammer will serve nine years in prison for sending what
authorities believe to be millions of messages over a two-month period in
2003.
Jeremy Jaynes is the man who will make history. A Raleigh, North Carolina,
resident who made Spamhaus' top 10 list of spammers, Jaynes was arrested in
2003 even before the CAN SPAM act was passed by Congress. Jaynes was
convicted in 2005, but his lawyers appealed the conviction. This past
Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld that conviction, but the vote was
a narrow 4-3. ..."

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Spam Felony Conviction Upheld: No Free Speech To Spam
 

Lee wrote on Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:34:49 -0500:

L> ------------------------------------------------------------

L> "Virginia's Supreme Court on Friday upheld the first US
L> felony conviction for spamming. The spammer will serve nine
L> years in prison for sending what authorities believe to be
L> millions of messages over a two-month period in 2003.
L> Jeremy Jaynes is the man who will make history. A Raleigh,
L> North Carolina, resident who made Spamhaus' top 10 list of
L> spammers, Jaynes was arrested in 2003 even before the CAN
L> SPAM act was passed by Congress. Jaynes was convicted in
L> 2005, but his lawyers appealed the conviction. This past
L> Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court upheld that conviction,
L> but the vote was a narrow 4-3. ..."

L> It's not a public hanging.....but its a start.....

Apart from my objection to irreversible sentences, I might agree
with you. It's a pity that the stocks are "cruel and unusual".

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not