New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Source: Lexology, October 9, 2009. Court acquits Lori Drew of computer crime charges Steptoe & Johnson LLP "We warned a year and a half ago that the federal prosecution of Lori Drew in the notorious MySpace 'cyberbullying case' could, if successful, dramatically alter the way people use websites and chill free speech".
Dictionopolis in Digitopolis (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
You remember Lori Drew. She's the grown-up woman who in frontier times would probably have been run out of town, and definitely will burn in hell, for bullying a little girl into commiting suicide. Her conviction was overturned a couple of months ago, but now: Federal prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case , which means they may appeal...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
Federal prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, which means they may appeal a judge's ruling in July to throw out her case after a jury convicted her of three... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Web News Site (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
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)...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
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)...
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
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)...
CrimProf Blog (Free subscription) | 27/09/2009
Update on the Lori Drew/My Space Suicide Case Orin Kerr has a post at noting that the government has filed a notice of appeal from the trial court's judgment dismissing the case and that such a notice preserve the right to appeal but does not necessarily mean that the government will pursue the appeal further. He also collects his prior posts about this case.
How Appealing (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
"Government Files Notice of Appeal in Lori Drew Case": Orin Kerr has this post at "The Volokh Conspiracy."...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 26/09/2009
Today Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause, the prosecutor in the Lori Drew case, filed a notice of appeal of the District Court's decision granting the motion to dismiss. It's...
Law and Magic Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... matter, such as the one that led to the suicide of young Megan Meier. Federal prosecutors charged Lori Drew, one of the people behind that hoax, under the Computer Fraud and Abuse act. A jury found her guilty of three misdemeanor counts, but a judge threw out the verdict this year .
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Missouri has responded effectively to cyber bullying via web sites and text messaging; has your state? After the Lori Drew case in Missouri, in which a MySpace account was used to bully 13-year old Megan Meier, who committed suicide, Missouri legislators passed laws criminalizing cyber-bullying, harassment and abuse, and schools created zero-tolerance policies. School authorities and...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
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...
Techdirt (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
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...
Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... to the constitutionality of the new Internet law.' The law is evidently a response to the Lori Drew case. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Click World News (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
... to the constitutionality of the new Internet law.' The law is evidently a response to the Lori Drew case. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
