STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... that both sides would soon file documents suggesting a new trial date of Nov. 18.Drew's lawyer, H. Dean Steward, will also have an opportunity to weigh in before Wu makes his decision.
Law Blog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
With the October 7 trial date approaching in the MySpace Suicide case, we called up H. Dean Steward, the defense lawyer for Lori Drew, to see whether we should prepare Law Blog One for a journey to California. Judge George Wu, Jan. 19, 2006, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Robert Gauthier) We’re glad we called. Yesterday, says Steward, at what was supposed to be a...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... and that it improperly delegates prosecutorial power to the Web site owners. Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward had argued in court filings that a Web user could be prosecuted simply for violating the terms of service on a Web site. He said those terms could be completely arbitrary and designed to snare surfers by, for example, prohibiting left-handed people. But Wu said that there were...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
... and that it improperly delegates prosecutorial power to the website owners.Defense lawyer H. Dean Steward had argued in court filings that a Web user could be prosecuted simply for violating the terms of service on a website. He said those terms could be completely arbitrary and designed to snare surfers by, for example, prohibiting left-handed people.But Wu said that there were two...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... essentially claim that Drew criminally violated MySpace’s terms of service. Drew’s lawyer, H. Dean Steward, and attorneys for free speech and privacy rights advocates asked that the case be thrown out on several grounds. Wu ruled against them on claims that the charges were too vague, and that the indictment amounted to an unconstitutional transfer of government authority to a private...
Daily News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... and prosecutors have failed to state her offense. In papers filed in July, Drew's attorney, H. Dean Steward, argued that cyber-bullying is not a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which is being used against Drew. The federal statute is typically employed in the prosecution of hackers and those committing high-tech crimes. "This statute was simply not intended to prohibit...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the defense. Prosecutors and Drew's lawyer, H. Dean Steward, have declined to comment in recent months, but made their positions known in court filings. Steward claims the charges are unconstitutionally vague and legally flawed. He argues that while the law prohibits unauthorized access to a protected computer, it doesn't define...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... is not, under any definition, trespass or theft,” according to the defense motion filed by H. Dean Steward on Monday. »»» Professor Creates Video Game About the Lecture Circuit - Wired Campus When a major video-game company created a new Web site that lets visitors create their own simple games online, it invited Ian S. Bogost, an assistant professor of literature, communication,...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
... a mental health professional at the time of her suicide and had tried to kill herself before, H. Dean Steward says in documents filed in a Los Angeles federal court Tuesday.Finally, Steward says, a source has told the defense that Megan's medication had changed and that may have contributed to her mental state and her suicide."Mental health records on (Megan) are important...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
... is not, under any definition, trespass or theft," according to the defense motion filed by H. Dean Steward on Monday.
Drew is accused of helping to create a false-identity account on the MySpace social networking site and harassing her young neighbor with cruel messages. The girl subsequently hanged herself in 2006.
Missouri authorities did not file any charges. At the...
