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Spammer Sentencing Guidelines
actaeon169 writes "The Register is reporting that the Feds are seeking public comment on a proposal to amend the Federal Sentencing Guidelines to deal with those convicted of violating the law set forth in the CAN-SPAM act. Here is what the Feds have to say."
fp you fucking nazis!
Kassel, Germany - A court deliberating on the case of a self-confessed gay cannibal heard testimony on Monday describing the defendant as a "cheerful" and "helpful" work-mate. A former co-worker of 42-year-old defendant Armin Meiwes said the one-time computer engineer had never displayed any untoward or unusual behaviour at the information technologies company where they had both worked in the 1990s. "Armin was always a very cheerful co-worker, and very helpful," the witness told the court. "He always had a ready smile and an encouraging word." As the case winds down toward an expected ruling on January 30, Monday's proceedings ushered in a final round of witness testimony. On Friday, a witness told the court that the man Meiwes confesses having killed had had a "castration fetish" - and had begged his sex partners to mutilate his genitals. A male prostitute told the court that the victim, Berlin computer expert Bernd-Juergen Brandes, had offered him large sums of money for sexual mutilation. "He offered to sign over everything he owned if I would consent to castrate him," the witness told the court in Kassel. "I couldn't bring myself to do that, of course, and told him he was a very sick man. But he definitely had a castration fetish." Meiwes has admitted he killed and partially devoured Brandes in March 2001. He and Brandes met via an Internet chat room. Brandes wanted to be castrated, killed, slaughtered and eaten. Friday's testimony contradicted testimony by Brandes' father, who told the court that his son had displayed no suicidal tendencies prior to his disappearance in March 2001. Because Germany has no law against cannibalism, Meiwes is charged with murder "for sexual satisfaction" and "disturbing the peace of the dead" in the death of Brandes. Mercy killing Meiwes' defence is pressing for the lesser charge of "killing on demand", which carries a maximum five-year jail sentence and is normally applied in cases of "mercy killing". Meiwes contends his victim had wanted to be killed and was aware of his fate. But Brandes' father said his son had never shown any signs of depression. That supported earlier testimony by Brandes' last male lover, who said Brandes was cheerful and showed no signs of depression ahead of his fateful encounter with Meiwes on March 8 2001. "Bernd-Juergen had absolutely no suicidal thoughts and had no crises or major problems of any kind," testified the witness, who added that he and Brandes were making plans for their summer holidays when he suddenly vanished. Meiwes was tracked down and arrested in December 2002 after police became aware of an advertisement he had placed on the Internet, looking for volunteers willing to be killed and eaten. Thousands of pornographic pictures, depicting acts of violence and torture, were also found at Meiwes' house near the town of Rotenburg, south of Kassel.
The sellers of compounds containing Ephedra or related herbs would probably be killed if they took enough. Sounds like a fitting punishment to me!
Last, the people who hijack other people's computers for use as either spam relays or HTTP proxies for spam sites ought to have to perform technical support to clean up those problems, 12 hours a day 6 days a week, for no pay.
Time is Nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once... the bitch.