Lori Drew
Lori Drew is a Missouri woman who is being indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly creating a MySpace account and tormenting 13-year-old Megan Meier, who eventually committed suicide.
While there was some concern that prosecutors would push forward with an appeal of a judge's decision to toss out the ridiculous ruling against Lori Drew, federal prosecutors have now said that they're dropping the case and will not pursue it further. Drew may still face a civil lawsuit, but it's a good thing that the government is out of this. No matter what you think of Drew's behavior in dealing with her daughter's friend, Megan Meier, it...
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From techdirt.com
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Federal prosecutors have announced the end of the Lori Drew cyberbullying case. Assistant US Attorney Mark Krause has withdrawn the notice of appeal filed back in July, when Drew was acquitted of three misdemeanor counts for violating ...
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- MySpace Suicide Legal Battle Comes To A Close (gawker.com)
They're not going to file new charges against Drew, the woman prosecuted under an anti-hacking law after a young neighbor, Megan Meier, committed suicide over online harassment. A judge dismissed Drew's convictions earlier this year. Though everything happened in St....
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From blogs.kansascity.com
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The federal government today dropped its appeal in the MySpace suicide case, ending its efforts to prosecute Lori Drew for her role in an online hoax tied to the death of 13-year-old Megan Meier.
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From mediapost.com
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Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed a notice that they do not intend to pursue an appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, thus ending the controversial and lengthy case.
“We have a notice with the 9th Circuit that we are withdrawing our notice of appeal in the case,” a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s [...]
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From blog.wired.com
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I am pleased to announce that the Justice Department will be moving to dismiss its appeal in the Lori Drew case. The motion apparently will be filed today or tomorrow, and it will bring the Drew case to a close.
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From volokh.com
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Federal prosecutors moved to criminalize internet harassment last year by prosecuting Lori Drew. Lori Drew, as you may recall, is a Missouri woman who created a fictional MySpace profile named “Josh” and started an online relationship with Megan Meier, a teenage girl who may have spread gossip about Drew’s daughter at the local high school. [...]
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From cato.org
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As tends to happen, it appears that Missouri has decided to overcompensate for the mess with the whole Lori Drew/Megan Meier tragedy. After realizing that Lori Drew hadn't committed any actual crime, Missouri passed a new law making it a potential felony for being a jerk online. And, of course, with that new law in place, Missouri prosecutors have wasted little time in filing charges against all sorts of people. The latest involves the...
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From techdirt.com
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This is incredible. Apparently the US prosecutor in the bogus Lori Drew case, which the judge finally tossed out in August is looking to appeal the decision. It's up to the US Solicitor General as to whether or not that actually happens, but just the fact that the prosecutor is still pushing this case is ridiculous. It was clearly an attempt to twist a law (unauthorized computer access) well beyond what it was meant to cover in an attempt...
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Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) has introduced a bill designed to combat cyberbullying.? ?And in a rare instance of bipartisan solidarity, the left and the right stand opposed. Make no bones about it?the proposed legislation is a serious assault on first amendment rights. Dubbed the ?Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act,? the bill is a reaction to the 2006?suicide?of 13-year-old Meier.
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