Judge Spam
"NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge has refused to accept a guilty plea from a former America Online employee accused of selling the Internet provider's customer list to a "spammer," saying he was unsure a crime had been committed." From CNN Money.

"Everybody has spamsters, but mine is a technical question," said U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein. "I don't think it's deceptive or misleading to the recipient. "I need to be independently satisfied that a crime has been committed." At issue, the judge said, is whether the actions rose to the level required by a new anti-spam law, which states that spam must be not only annoying but deceptive. Spam is the term widely used for unsolicited commercial e-mails, often hawking products to combat sexual dysfunction or promote weight loss.

That line was, "What do you call 500 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean," wasn't it? I guess that's so they couldn't become judges.
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