Posted on 04/08/2005 2:51:58 PM PDT by FoxInSocks
LEESBURG, Va. - A North Carolina was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday for bombarding computer users with spam or illegal bulk email.
Thirty-year-old Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh is free on bond while the case is being appealed.
Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Horne said it was appropriate to defer any prison time pending an appeal, because the law is new and raises constitutional issues. It was the nation's first felony spamming conviction.
Prosecutor Lisa Hicks-Thomas with the Virginia attorney general's office said afterward that she's confident that the law will be upheld on appeal.
Defense attorney David Oblon argued that nine years was far too long given that Jaynes was charged as an out-of-state resident with violating a new Virginia law.
Prosecutors have said Jaynes was among the top ten spammers in the world at the time of his arrest, using aliases to peddle junk products and pornography.
Where can we send him an email?
He should be sentence to having a telemarketer call him every 5 minutes 24/7.
This has been posted 2 other times... one of which is here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379980/posts
I hope this isn't your attempt to spam....
Nah, it just wasn't a thorough search on my part.
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