your opinion of the recently convicted spammer

[WalterMitty]

option 2 for me.

i dont like spam.  however, making it a criminal offense is clearly unconstitutional. 

i hope the man wins his fight against the gestapo.

http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=business&id=1751

[A18]

State are federal law?

[WalterMitty]

state law, if i remember correctly.

i heard that nearly half of the world's email messages pass through servers located in the state of virginia.

[A18]

Then by unconstitutional, I assume you mean the state constitution. What provision does it violate?

[WalterMitty]

Then by unconstitutional, I assume you mean the state constitution. What provision does it violate?

are you implying that a state law cant be unconstitutional?

the supreme court overturns state laws all the time.  dont you remember the hoopla around the texas sodomy law?

[A18]

That's based on the misnomer that the federal Bill of Rights applies to the states.

A state law can be unconstitutional, but it isn't usually.

[falling apart like the ashes of American flags]

Philip, you are the only person I've ever met who still believes that, and it hasn't been in forever that a court has agreed with you.

These people were doing more than spamming, they were committing fraud. That's enough reason to arrest htem

[John Dibble]

If he was just sending junk e-mails, there'd be no reason to convict him. Though he probably broke some other laws. For instance, he probably didn't have an opt-out for people who received his spam - CANSPAM requires this. And, clearly he was making fraudulent claims:

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Since the routing info was untraceable, the people who made purchases most likely never received their product(which most likely did not exist in the first place) and couldn't get into contact with this guy. So, there's nothing wrong with jailing this guy, because he's a crook.

My suggestion is that you actually read the article before you make judgement - it's short, so it's not like it'll take you a long time to do so.