inquisitr.com - 11/26/2008
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A Federal Jury in Los Angeles hearing the MySpace suicide case has found Lori Drew guilty of three minor offenses.
The MySpace Suicide made headlines last year after it was disclosed that a Missouri teenager Megan Meier hanged herself after being tricked into a fake relationship with a ...
Judge Considers Throwing Out Lori Drew Case
blog.wired.com 11/24/2008 — A federal judge will rule Monday on whether the case against a 39-year-old woman accused in a deadly MySpace hoax can go to the jury, after testimony shows the defendant never saw the MySpace terms-of-service she's accused of criminally violating.
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Lori Drew Case Goes to Jury
blog.wired.com 11/25/2008 — The landmark cyberbullying case of Lori Drew, accused of participating in a MySpace hoax that prosecutors said prompted a 13-year-old neighbor to commit suicide, is in the hands of the jury after three days of testimony from fifteen witnesses.
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Cyberbully Jury Nears Verdict on Three Charges, Struggles With Fourth
blog.wired.com 11/26/2008 — The jury weighing a landmark federal cyberbullying case against 49-year-old Lori Drew resumes deliberations after asking the judge a question which suggests they have reached a decision on three of the charges and might be facing a deadlock on the ...
The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty. —
ZDNet Government
Lori Drew has been convicted of three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud in the MySpace suicide of young Megan Meiers, 13 when she hung herself.
A jury deadlocked on a fourth count of conspiracy but reduced the charges from felony to misdemeanors. Said Tina Meiers, Megan’s ...
MySpace Trial: Jury Is Close To A Verdict [Drew No Blood] —
Jezebel
Yesterday, at just before 5 p.m. Pacific time, the jury deciding Lori Drew's fate emerged to announce that it had reached a decision on 3 of the 4 counts against the Missouri mom, but were split on the fourth. According to the LA Times , Drew "is charged with three counts of violating federal ...
Lori Drew Cleared of Felony; Bullet Dodged for Us All? —
Mashable!
One legal case I’ve been watching unfold whilst chronicling it here at Mashable and elsewhere has been the case against Lori Drew. Drew was accused of driving a young school girl named Megan Meier to suicide through a fake MySpace profile.
Cyber-bullying, as I’ve re-iterated every time ...
Lori Drew not guilty of felony computer hacking —
Hack a Day
Today, a Los Angeles jury acquitted [ Lori Drew ] of three felony computer hacking charges. She was convicted of three misdemeanor counts for accessing a computer without authorization. The 49-year-old Missouri resident posed as a teenage boy on MySpace and harassed her daughter’s ...
Lori Drew Not Guilty Of Felonies, But Guilty Of Misdemeanors —
Techdirt
In the landmark cyberbullying case, Lori Drew was found not guilty of three felonies, but guilty of three misdemeanors . The jury is deadlocked on the fourth count of felony conspiracy. The three counts of "accessing a computer without authorization" relate to the creation of a fictitious ...
Report: Lesser charges for 'MySpace suicide' mom —
The Social
Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who created a fake MySpace profile that she used to harass a teenage girl to the point of suicide , was convincted of three offenses far minor than the ones she could have been, the Associated Press wrote Wednesday .
Drew was indicted in May by a federal court ...
Lori Drew Trial Results In 3 Misdemeanor Convictions —
Slashdot
grassy_knoll writes "As a follow up to an earlier story, the Lori Drew 'cyber-bullying' trial has resulted in misdemeanor convictions." grassy_knoll quotes from the AP story as carried by Salon: "The Los Angeles federal court jury on Wednesday rejected felony charges of accessing a computer ...
Breaking [Lori Drew] —
Jezebel
Lori Drew has been found not guilty of felony hacking charges, but was convicted of three misdemeanors, according to Wired . The one charge of conspiracy remains undecided, as the jury was deadlocked on that count. Wired elaborates: "Jurors found Drew guilty only of conspiring to gain ...
Lori Drew Case Goes to Jury —
Wired Top Stories
The landmark cyberbullying case of Lori Drew, accused of participating in a MySpace hoax that prosecutors said prompted a 13-year-old neighbor to commit suicide, is in the hands of the jury after three days of testimony from fifteen witnesses.
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