Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:43:08 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Huff <rhuff@cybercom.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Forward all spam to UCE@FTC.GOV Message-ID: <199901160243.VAA11318@shell1.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: <87597569@toto.iv>
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Zach Heilig writes: > [ I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV ] > > On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 10:58:27AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > I was under the impression that felony was 'serious' crimes, > > murder, rape, burglary etc, etc. which makes it seem a bit > > extreme to make junk faxing/e-mailing a felony. > > Literally (from a 1965 edition of Webster's dictionary [*]): (a) a > grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English > common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other > punishment (b) a grave crime expressly declared to be a felony by > the common law (c) a crime declared a felony by statute because of > the punishment imposed. Bottom line: "felony" is whatever the legislature says it is. Rule of thumb: it's a felony if it involves possible incarceration of over 1 year, or a fine of more than $1000. Robert Huff (Not a lawyer either) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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