Spamming a Judge Is Contempt of Court 280
eldavojohn writes "TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau was sentenced to 30 days in jail because he urged his fans and followers to spam a judge. Apparently the judge (who was deluged with emails) decided that this was an act of contempt of court on the court's 'virtual presence' since nothing happened while the court was in session in regards to Trudeau's courtroom behavior. US Marshals are now trudging through those emails to decide if any are threatening."
No posts (Score:1, Funny)
Apparently everyone is afraid that spamming Slashdot would be a Contempt of CowboyNeal.
Re:Awesome! (Score:3, Funny)
To: Your Honor
From: Istanbul Gregor
Subject: why to make her wishes your rod weren't yors?
So I shouldn't be forwarding these types of things to a judge?
Re:Oooh boy. (Score:3, Funny)
And if you can't stay on topic, neither can we.
Meaningless tautology? (Score:3, Funny)
Isn't that a tautology [wiktionary.org] itself?
Re:Incited what crime? (Score:5, Funny)
You really don't think that an "annoyingly-high volume email campaign" can be legitimately viewed as harassment?
What's your e-mail address again?
Re:Why it's contempt (Score:3, Funny)
Now, if it had been a friend or two that e-mailed the judge, he might have just warned them off with a "that's not appropriate." But when enough people e-mail to fill his Inbox, it's quite clearly an attempt to influence the judge, and that's not OK .
Well, maybe judges need to be sequestered away from society like juries if they're so easily influenced.