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Spamming a Judge Is Contempt of Court

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'll-have-your-spam-I-love-it dept.

eldavojohn writes "TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau was sentenced to 30 days in jail because he urged his fans and followers to spam a judge. Apparently the judge (who was deluged with emails) decided that this was an act of contempt of court on the court's 'virtual presence' since nothing happened while the court was in session in regards to Trudeau's courtroom behavior. US Marshals are now trudging through those emails to decide if any are threatening."

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  1. No posts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Apparently everyone is afraid that spamming Slashdot would be a Contempt of CowboyNeal.

  2. Re:Awesome! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 2, Funny

    To: Your Honor
    From: Istanbul Gregor
    Subject: why to make her wishes your rod weren't yors?

    So I shouldn't be forwarding these types of things to a judge?

  3. Re:Oooh boy. by tverbeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    And if you can't stay on topic, neither can we.

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  4. Meaningless tautology? by spun · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that a tautology itself?

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  5. Re:Incited what crime? by sammy+baby · · Score: 4, Funny

    You really don't think that an "annoyingly-high volume email campaign" can be legitimately viewed as harassment?

    What's your e-mail address again?

  6. Re:Why it's contempt by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now, if it had been a friend or two that e-mailed the judge, he might have just warned them off with a "that's not appropriate." But when enough people e-mail to fill his Inbox, it's quite clearly an attempt to influence the judge, and that's not OK .

    Well, maybe judges need to be sequestered away from society like juries if they're so easily influenced.