Jeremy Jaynes

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Charge:	Spamming (feloniously sending emails)
Sentence:	9 years
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Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Virginia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in November 2004 of feloniously sending up to 10 million spam emails per day. Jeremy Jaynes was sentenced to nine years imprisonment. Because Jaynes was the first person convicted of Virginia's felony anti-spam law, the judge stayed execution of his sentence pending his legal challenges to the statutes legality. In September 2006 the Virginia Court of Appeals upheld his conviction, as did the Virginia Supreme Court in September 2007. Upon a rehearing on the issue of if the statute's constitutionality, on September 12, 2008 the Virgina Supreme Court ruled the law was overly broad and a violation of the right to free speech. Consequently Jaynes' conviction was vacated. "
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Innocence Proved By:	"On September 12, 2008 the Virgina Supreme Court ruled the law was overly broad and a violation of the right to free speech."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	Jaynes v. Commonwealth No 1062388 (VA SCt 09-12-2008)
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Information Source 2:	"Spammer pokes holes in Virginia anti-spam law, gets set free, By Tim Conneally, BetaNews.com, September 12, 2008"
Information Location 2:	http://www.betanews.com/article/Spammer_pokes_holes_in_Virginia_antispam_law_gets_set_free/1221253989
Information Source 3:	"Top Spammer Gets 9 Years in Prison, By Nate Mook, BetaNews.com, April 8, 2005"
Information Location 3:	http://www.betanews.com/article/Top_Spammer_Gets_9_Years_in_Prison/1112983206
Information Source 4:	"Jeremy Jaynes, Wikipedia.org (last viewed September 12, 2008)"
Information Location 4:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Jaynes
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Jeremy Jaynes

Charge:

Spamming (feloniously sending emails)

Sentence:

9 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Virginia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On September 12, 2008 the Virgina Supreme Court ruled the law was overly broad and a violation of the right to free speech."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

Jaynes v. Commonwealth No 1062388 (VA SCt 09-12-2008)

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"Spammer pokes holes in Virginia anti-spam law, gets set free, By Tim Conneally, BetaNews.com, September 12, 2008"

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http://www.betanews.com/article/Spammer_pokes_holes_in_Virginia_antispam_law_gets_set_free/1221253989

Information Source 3:

"Top Spammer Gets 9 Years in Prison, By Nate Mook, BetaNews.com, April 8, 2005"

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http://www.betanews.com/article/Top_Spammer_Gets_9_Years_in_Prison/1112983206

Information Source 4:

"Jeremy Jaynes, Wikipedia.org (last viewed September 12, 2008)"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Jaynes

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