Top Spammer's Goose is Nearly Cooked, Faces Nine Years in VA State Prison

Jeremy Jaynes was convicted in 2004 in Virginia of violating the state's anti-spam laws and sentenced to nine years in prison. A Virginia court of appeals has ruled unanimously against his appeal which was based on US constitutional and state jurisdictional arguments and not the facts. Jaynes is the first person facing prison time for spamming. There is no word on whether Jaynes will appeal to the state's supreme court or to federal courts. More... [Dana Baggett]