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Lori Drew Trial Results In 3 Misdemeanor Convictions
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."
that's an extreme to believe, even if the grandmother died...gotta link to show this similarity?
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It's why these jerks on the highways and roads, tailgaite you, cut you off, and generally put your life in danger for their convenience. If they knew that I would stop my car and kick their ass, they would not do it.
At risk to my karma...
I drive professionally now, after deciding IT should remain a hobby, not a source of income. I see just about everything from behind the wheel of the behemoth I drive, and although part of me would like to second the concept of people who tailgate, cut people off, etc., in all fairness there are people out there who help create these situations. I'm referring to the guy who wants to the minimum speed limit in the passing lane on an expressway, or the guy who feels the need to police others by driving like a jerk in return. This does not excuse or condone the tailgating, but I've seen more than my fair share of people who generate a dangerous environment by not following the flow of traffic correctly.
Until recently, the speed limit on our local expressway was 70 mph, with a minimum of 45, truck speed of 55. They recently bumped it up to 70/55/60, and it seems to have actually reduced the number of jackholes on the roads in general. The difference in someone doing 45 while traffic around them is doing 70 is great enough to cause a potential problem just the same as someone tailgating at speed.