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 laptop* without sanction


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feeling distress on young Megan Meier. However, the jury found appellant Lori Drew guilty of three counts of the lesser offense of accessing a number cruncher* without authorization. The jurors could not reach a verdict on a covin count. Prosecutors said Drew violated the MySpace terms of service by conspiring with her young girl and a calling assistant to create a fictitious profile of a teen boy on the MySpace social commanding lead 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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