Two Guilty in 1st Felony Spam Conviction

Yahoo! News - Two Guilty in 1st Felony Spam Conviction

LEESBURG, Va. - A brother and sister who sent junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted Wednesday in the nation's first felony prosecution of Internet spam distributors.
Jurors recommended that Jeremy Jaynes, 30, be sentenced to nine years in prison and fined Jessica DeGroot, 28, $7,500 after convicting them of three counts each of sending e-mails with fraudulent and untraceable routing information.

Holy bitch-slap Batman! Nine years for sending spam! I've seen people get half that for robbery. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. Just a bit stunned. Now if we can just get them to hand out appropriate sentences for other crimes I'll be a happy camper.