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.

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.

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....

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: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: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.