Siblings Guilty of Spam Felony, Partner Acquitted

saikou writes "According to AP Story (via SF Chronicle), brother and sister spammers just got convicted 'in the nation's first felony prosecution of distributors of spam,' while third suspect was acquitted. Jurors moved on to figuring out appropriate punishment (please, please, please give them some jail time. Pretty please). More spam cases for Virgina?"

Comments

The family that spams together

[Anonymous Coward]

Goes to the slammer together.

Not the first felony conviction for spam distribut

[Anonymous Coward]

A few years back, a guy stole a truckload of spam from a Hormel factory and got convicted of several felonies including distrubiting stolen spam.

Jail time?

[Tackhead]

> Jurors moved on to figuring out appropriate punishment (please, please, please give them some jail time. Pretty please).

You said "jail time". Is that some sort of newfangled lawyer shorthand for "go all Vlad-the-Impaler on them in front of Genuity or Verio headquarters pour encourager les autres?"

Because if all you mean is "locked in a small room, given free room and board for a few years, subject only to the occasional prison rape", then you'd better make yourself scarce. This here's Slashdot, and we don't take kindly to yuppified murketeering types who publicly express sympathy for spammers 'round these parts.

Re:Jail time?

[MotherSuperior]

Hey, look at it this way. Maybe after a few trips to a prison shower, enlarged penises might not sound like such an attractive prospect.

Re:They need jail time

[pyrrhonist]

Preferably, time in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.

For a spelling mistake? That's a little harsh.

Re:What I really want to know...

[Anonymous Coward]

...is the sister hot?

She has a cute Virgina.

Coed Prison?

[NotQuiteReal]

The family that spams togther Goes to the slammer together. This implies coed prison, since the family members cited are brother and sister.

Now that I have mentioned it, I trust Slashdotters will elaborate on the porn possibilities.

Re:Coed Prison?

[NecroPuppy]

Only the Arkansas slashdot readers....

Re:Spell check

[Tanktalus]

Or pick another state, please. I first read that as "More spam cases for Viagra". Woops.

Appropriate sentence for spamming?

[RealAlaskan]

I wonder if we could get the ACLU to look the other way, just this once, so we could give them an appropriate sentence? Or maybe we could do something that's merely cruel: after all, the constitution prohibits ``cruel and unusual'' punishment, not ``cruel or unusual''. Cruel and usual is obviously ok.

What a pity Hannibal Lecter is a character in a movie. I'm pretty sure that an appropriate sentence should involve him, and a bottle of chianti.

Re:Wow.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Yes, 9-Year Prison Term

[Anonymous Coward]

Request to moderators: Mod down anyone who states "I know this will be an unpopular opinion here".

Re:Democratic Underground

[Anonymous Coward]

Cool! I'm a wigger too! What time do we start!

Why, yes! Of course I want a FREE IPOD!

Re:Yes, 9-Year Prison Term

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's be honest for a moment: they should be crucified, not jailed.

(Oh fuck you. Mod it funny and move on.)

Re:Yes, 9-Year Prison Term

[CaptKilljoy]

>I hate spam as much as the next guy but 9 years is a bit excessive IMO.

Let's give them an absolutely fair punishment: they should spend as much time in prison as the people that received their spam collectively spent time dealing with it. That would be, oh, 5-6 consecutive life sentences at least, I would think.

In my opinion, they got off lightly.

Appropriate punishment - scarlet letter

[davidwr]

A long jail sentence is excessive.

Two years in jail and 15 years of being forced to use the address "myname@convictedspammer.va.us" for all your email is an appropriate punishment.

Even sweeter - you have to use a 110bps teletype to access your mail.

Since trash is trash, for community service, you can clean up trash along the highways.

Re:Please ?

[HrothgarReborn]

jail should be for murderers, rapers, corrupted politicians, etc.

Of course it is. That's what make it a fun to send a spammer in there with them and see how long he lasts. This should be the most fun since the Romans fed Christians to lions.

solution

[Anonymous Coward]

put 'em in a cell with a guy who's taken one too many enlargement pills.

Re:Yes, 9-Year Prison Term

[Elminst]

Request to moderators: Mod down anyone who makes a request to modera... shit. ;)

A little harsh, all right...

[RealProgrammer]

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Jeremy: Lotsa stuff - Viagra, mostly.

Bubba: Viagra? You mean "V14gr4"?

Jeremy: Yeah, that's right. And porn, I did a lot of porn.

Bubba: Pr0n, huh? Got any on ya? I could even use an "18+thumbnail" about now. This place makes even somethin' like you look good.

Jeremy: Nah ... *gulp* ... nah, but I can get you a nice deal on an interest-only mortgage...

Bubba: MORTGAGES! Come here, you sunnabitch, I knew I didn't like yer looks!

Jeremy: Guards! Help!!!

Guard: Yeah, *yawn* I'll be right there. Right after I clean out my 'caughtspam' folder.

red states

[astrodud]

Have to say it -- has anyone else noticed that all the spammers (in the US, at least) are from red states?

Re:Not the first felony conviction for spam distri

[Deadstick]

About 10 years ago in Denver, a man was arrested as he staggered out of a meat-packer's warehouse with a heavy box of meat. It turned out to be beef rectums.

Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Mayer wiener...

rj

Re:They need jail time

[Vombatus]

Preferably, time in federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.

For a spelling mistake? That's a little harsh.

You must be new here.

What about posession?

[thomasdelbert]

I sure hope posession isn't illegal like the distribution is. I've got a mega stash dude

- Thomas;