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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict emotional distress, U.S. District Judge George Wu has not yet ruled on a defense motion seeking dismissal of even the misdemeanors charge. The motion, if granted, would result in a judgment of acquittal. After just over a day of deliberation, the six-man, six-woman jury acquitted Drew of three felony charges of violating the federal...
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Sentencing Law and Policy (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... If the convictions hold, Drew likely faces little more than probation. U.S. District Judge George Wu has not yet ruled on motions asking that he use his power to acquit Drew of all charges despite the jury verdict.... Kunasz described herself as among eight jurors who believed that Drew acted maliciously. "I didn't think she intended to have this girl kill herself," Kunasz said. "But she...
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STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... the convictions hold, Drew likely faces little more than probation. U.S. District Judge George Wu has not yet ruled on motions asking that he use his power to acquit Drew of all charges despite the jury verdict.Prosecutors said that Drew, her daughter Sarah and an employee of Drew's business, Ashley Grills, created a fake teen heartthrob, "Josh Evans," on the MySpace social network two years...
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LA Biz Observed (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... a nonexistent 16-year-old boy. [CUT] It's possible that the case might never reach appeal. Judge George Wu, who presided over the case in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, is still entertaining a motion for a directed acquittal, which was filed by Drew's defense attorney H. Dean Steward after the prosecution rested its case more than a week ago. Steward asked Wu for a judgment of acquittal...
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DBKP (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
... years prison time for each count. The judge may still throw in a monkeywrench: U.S. District Judge George Wu hasn’t ruled on the defense’s motion to dismiss, which if he agrees, would mean an acquittal for Drew. Prosecutors could seek a new trial on the deadlocked conspiracy charge. While researching the Drew verdict I happened across the website, The Volokh Conspiracy , and a piece written...
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Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... Dean Steward, said he is not yet planning an appeal because he had asked U.S. District Judge George Wu to dismiss the charges during the trial and Steward has said the matter is still under advisement. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29.
Steward said the jury had only determined that Drew had violated her terms of service with MySpace, not that cyberbullying had occurred. The terms...
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
... Dean Steward, said he is not yet planning an appeal because he had asked U.S. District Judge George Wu to dismiss the charges during the trial and Steward has said the matter is still under advisement. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29.Steward said the jury had only determined that Drew had violated her terms of service with MySpace, not that cyberbullying had occurred. The terms prohibit...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Dean Steward, said he is not yet planning an appeal because he had asked U.S. District Judge George Wu to dismiss the charges during the trial and Steward has said the matter is still under advisement. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29.Steward said the jury had only determined that Drew had violated her terms of service with MySpace, not that cyberbullying had occurred. The terms prohibit...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Dean Steward, said he is not yet planning an appeal because he had asked U.S. District Judge George Wu to dismiss the charges during the trial and Steward has said the matter is still under advisement. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29.
Steward said the jury had only determined that Drew had violated her terms of service with MySpace, not that cyberbullying had occurred. The terms...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... Dean Steward, said he is not yet planning an appeal because he had asked U.S. District Judge George Wu to dismiss the charges during the trial and Steward has said the matter is still under advisement. A hearing is scheduled for Dec. 29.Steward said the jury had only determined that Drew had violated her terms of service with MySpace, not that cyberbullying had occurred. The terms prohibit...
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MyCrimeSpace (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... each of the misdemeanor convictions. Let’s face it though, she’ll do no time. U.S. District Judge George Wu still has not ruled on the defense’s motion for a mistrial which could result in there being no conviction whatsoever. I’m going to wait on Judge Wu’s ruling before I offer any further commentary because anything I say now could be made moot come Monday or when ever he decides to rule....
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... guidelines is more likely to get probation. No sentencing date was set. U.S. District Judge George Wu is still weighing a defense motion to dismiss all charges - something he can do even after the verdict is in - and one filed Wednesday seeking a new trial. Officials said Drew and Ashley Grills, then 18, an employee of Drew's coupon book business, invented a teenage boy on MySpace as a device...
