[wellylug] [Fwd: [pchelpers] News:Spammer receives 9-year prison term]

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>     Spammer receives 9-year prison term
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> *Associated Press*
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> LEESBURG, Va. — A Virginia judge sentenced a spammer to nine years in 
> prison today in the nation's first felony prosecution for sending junk 
> e-mail, though the sentence was postponed while the case is appealed.
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> Loudoun County Circuit Judge Thomas Horne said that because the law 
> targeting bulk e-mail distribution is new and raises constitutional 
> questions, it was appropriate to defer the prison time until appeals 
> courts rule.
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> A jury had recommended the nine-year prison term after convicting Jeremy 
> Jaynes of pumping out at least 10 million e-mails a day with the help of 
> 16 high-speed lines, the kind of Internet capacity a 1,000-employee 
> company would need.
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> More here:
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> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/3124863
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