The Supreme Court of the State of Virginia has released a spammer previously sentenced to nine years in prison. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., was convicted in 2004 of sending tens of thousands of e-mails from his home.

In part, the ruling handed down by the court last week said Jaynes’ conviction “is constitutionally deficient as overbroad under the First Amendment and therefore the statute cannot be enforced.”

Court Reversal

that unanimous decision by the Virginia Supreme Court comes

only six months after a circuit court refused to construct out the case and upheld the previous decision.

According to reports, Justice Steven Agee said the Virginia law under which Jaynes was convicted was too broad and did not protect free speech. The court determined that the law as it stands would prohibit political and religious speech, and therefore is a threat to the First Amendment.

Jaynes allegedly sent tens of thousands of […]

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