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Lori Drew Trial Results In 3 Misdemeanor Convictions

Posted by timothy on from the justice-or-not dept.

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 without authorization to inflict emotional distress on young Megan Meier. However, the jury found defendant Lori Drew guilty of three counts of the lesser offense of accessing a computer without authorization. The jurors could not reach a verdict on a conspiracy count. Prosecutors said Drew violated the MySpace terms of service by conspiring with her young daughter and a business assistant to create a fictitious profile of a teen boy on the MySpace social networking site to harass Megan. Megan, who had been treated for depression, hanged herself in 2006 after receiving a message saying the world would be better without her." Adds reader gillbates: "She now faces up to 3 years in jail and $300,000 in fines — a troubling precedent for anyone who has ever registered with a website under a pseudonym."

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  1. Re:Shit by JimDaGeek · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Please spare me your crap. So you push meds on doctors for the pharmaceutical industry. Big deal. That hardly makes you an expert on "very complex organic chemistry and scientific reactions".

    How long have you been taking an SSRI? I have met many "experts" on them, yet have met very few that have taken them for more than a year or more.

    I have suffered from panic attacks, anxiety and depression for 15 years. I have been taking an SSRI for about 12 years now. They do have lasting effects on a person. And I do agree with you on how freaking crazy these meds are. One person is helped by a med while another is totally messed up by the same med. Hell, not one of the major SSRI's prescribed is really understood on how it works. Just basic understanding on how it works on Serotonin re-uptake.

    Go the web site of Lexapro, the makers don't even know how it really works.

    The brain chemistry of depression and anxiety is not fully understood.

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  2. Re:Congratulations by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can you point out exactly where I showed you that the world was better off without you?

    You didn't, but you sure provided positive proof that it would be better of without you. Dumbass.

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