Virginia Supreme Court Lets Spammer Walk Free

Boston (dbTechno) – The Virginia Supreme Court came to the decision that an anti-spam law is unconstitutional, and has let a notorious spammer, Jeremy Jaynes, walk free.

Jeremy Jaynes became, back in 2004, the first person to be convicted of a felony crime for sending spam.

Jaynes was found to be guilty of sending out spam e-mails to users over America Online.

He would send thousands of e-mails on several different occasions to users.

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled though that the anti-spam law is unconstitutional as it violates the First Amendment’s free-speech protection.

This is due to the fact that they stated it restricts commercial e-mail, as w ell as unsolicited e-mails.

Jaynes was initially sentenced to 9 years in jail for spamming.

The ruling will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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