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Virginia Court Overturns Spammer Convictions
EvilStein writes "CNN reports that "A judge dismissed a felony spamming conviction that had been called one of the first of its kind, saying he found no "rational basis" for the verdict and wondering if jurors were confused by technical evidence." Legal groundwork being set? Will other convicted spammers now have grounds for an appeal?"
Yes, I live in Virginia and have been following the case closely. If you scroll down several posts below this one you'll see I also posted this.
Your post is currently at -1, like all your recent posts. What did you do? Capitalize too much?
THE SISTER WAS WRONGLY ACCUSED. The brother was the spammer here. He used his sisters credit card to purchase stuff over the internet to fund his spam business. Due to it being in her name she got dragged into the case by an overzealous prosecutor. The judge CORRECTLY fixed this error on the jury's part. THE SPAMMER IN THIS CASE WENT TO JAIL(the bother) I wish the friggin posters would RTFA sometimes...
A quick search using Google News makes me think you're right... the judge cited that the only case against the sister was the three credit card transactions with her name on them. And siblings are known for committing ID theft- what can you really do to your brother or sister? Other than kick his ass, but so what?
Just one more reason why you don't want people stealing your identity.
Arrrg. I just spent way too long trying to google a solid refference. There are tons of 90's hacker mags online mentioning wardialing legality varying from state to state, but I couldn't find a single authoratiative refference anywhere.
A case where it was legal would be consistant with a hodgepodge of state/local laws.
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