Defending Harsh Sentences for Spammers

BMcWilliams writes "Russell McGuire, one of the government lawyers who prosecuted spammer Jeremy Jaynes, has published an article justifying the tough sentence recommended by a Virginia jury. He writes, 'the defense attorney argued that greed cuts both ways and the victims got what they deserved because they were trying to get rich quick. Needless to say, this did not go over well with the jury.' Still, the eye-popping 9-year sentence has even some ardent anti-spammers wondering whether 'proportionality is becoming a completely forgotten concept.'"

Comments

first post?

[zzmejce]

And what is the defense attorney e-mail address?

Also consider

[koi88]

Last week my neighbour's brat rang my door bell then ran away.
I demand at least 5 years in prison as it's not the first time he did that and I'm not the only victim.

Re:Also consider

[MadChicken]

Ringing the doorbell and leaving a flaming bag of poo on the doorstep... Now that's leaving a trojan on the compromised machine.

Re:Contribute to ridiclulous levels of spam

[Peden]

Five words for you: "Three strikes, you are out." (Californian I believe) Any state that adopts judicial practices from a sport, needs to be severely looked after.

9 *hard* years...

[dark-br]

I hope his fellow inmates really like spam and for best results the viagra ones. Can you imagine the *hard* time his going to get?

"Come here bitch, i've got something for you" ;)

I still have a question..

[thegoogler]

What about chat and message boards spamming... What about chat and message boards spamming... What about chat and message boards spamming... What about chat and message boards spamming... What about chat and message boards spamming... What about chat and message boards spamming... (sorry if this wasnt funny, feel free to mod down)

Real solution

[RandoX]

He should just send an apology email for each spam. That would certainly cut down on the problem.

Re:Wasting other people's resources

[delta_avi_delta]

Three iyt if five of these criteria for solid punishment: timewasting, bandwidth wasting, users don't want it; can be leveled at advertisers.

Re:Zoo mentality

[Tackhead]

> In 9 years (especially in a US prisson) they will not be rehabilitated, they will be angry, pissed off, without a future. They won't fit into society and be good citicens, much more likely they will have been pushed over the edge mentally and commit far worse crimes.

So we're in agreement. Kill them.

(I'm in a gentle mood today, and suggest suffocation by weighing down their rib cages with pallets of a certain trademarked potted meat product. My motivation isn't revenge, it's the pay-per-view revenue as they wheeze out their last words as the CO2 panic sets in and the cameramen zoom in on a 3-pane view of their eyes bugging out, and fingers and toes wiggling in frantic panicked futility.)

Re:Proprotionality

[fatphil]

In that case, I propose the only suitable punishment -
death by 280 million paper cuts.

I've got an almost new ream of 120g/sm, and I'm prepared to share it.

FP.

Re:Proprotionality

[Jedi Alec]

erect a gallows and publicly hang 'em high

Must...not...make...viagra jokes

Re:Zoo mentality

[Profane MuthaFucka]

So, by your logic, the way to make sure that any punishment at all is acceptable is to make sure that it happens to everyone?

OK, Death Penalty for every offense, including speeding tickets! It's not cruel, because they don't suffer. It's not unusual, because it happens millions of times a year.

This is the kind of "compassionate conservatism" that we can all look forward to. I can't wait.