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Spam Senders Convicted in First Felony Case (continued)
David Oblon, Jaynes'
attorney, expressed shock at the sentence.
“Nine years is absolutely
outrageous when you look at what we do to people convicted
of crimes like robbery and rape,” he said.
Oblon had argued it
was inappropriate for prosecutors to seek what he called excessive
punishment because it was the first time the new law had been
prosecuted. He also said that because his client was a North
Carolina resident he would have been unaware of the Virginia
law.
Attorney General Jerry
W. Kilgore applauded the convictions and called Virginia's
anti-spam law the toughest in America.
“Spam is a nuisance
to millions of Americans, but it is also a major problem for
businesses large and small because the thousands of unwanted
e-mails create havoc as they attempt to conduct business,”
Kilgore said in a statement.
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