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Lori Drew’s attorney requests medical records (MyCrimeSpace)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:24:21 GMT

Attorney asks for medical records of dead girl: The defense attorney for Lori Drew has requested the medical records of Megan Meier stating that it was a change in psychiatric medication that caused her to commit suicide. Megan’s mom states that Megan was diagnosed with depression but was improving before Drew’s hoax. She also said that the [...]

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Prosecutors Defend Charges Against Lori Drew From O'Fallon (Red Orbit )

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:00:17 GMT

By Sarah Wienke The federal government is defending its use of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to prosecute Lori Drew, the O'Fallon woman accused of harassing a teen by creating a fake online identity on MySpace. On Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark C.

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Govt: Cyberbullying is a New Phenomenon, as is Social Networking (Law Blog)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:20:56 GMT

Last month, when H. Dean Steward, the lawyer for Lori Drew in the MySpace suicide case, filed his three motions to dismiss, he wrote: “If the government's statutory construction is correct and the [Computer Fraud & Abuse Act] criminalizes violating a website [terms of service], then the statute is void for vagueness because it fails [...]

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Internet Orgs Weigh in on Lori Drew Prosecution (learning.now)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:30:42 GMT

In an interesting legal twist to the Megan Meier saga, a group of high-powered Internet law advocates have published a brief in relation to the case against Lori Drew, the woman being prosecuted in the wake of Meier’s suicide. In this brief, they argue that the government has overstepped its authority by charging Drew with a crime.

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Missouri's New, Lori Drew Stalking Statute (CYB3RCRIM3)

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Brenner) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:14:00 GMT

On June 30, Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed a bill that updates the state’s stalking and harassment statutes. The stalking statute, in particular, seems designed to address the conduct attributed to Lori Drew, the woman who has been (incorrectly IMHO) indicted in the Megan Meier suicide case. Here’s the new and improved Missouri stalking statute, which apparently goes into effect...

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Lori Drew Gets Amicus sed [Lori Drew] (Jezebel)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:20:00 GMT

The infamous Lori Drew may have a nation full of detractors for her behavior in the Megan Meier case, but today she also has a couple of defenders other than her own lawyers. The Electronic Freedom... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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EFF Defends Lori Drew (Reason Magazine - Hit & Run)

mriggs@reason.com (Mike Riggs) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:14:28 GMT

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and several other groups have filed an amicus brief in defense of Lori Drew, the woman whose pseudonymous Myspace bullying led to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier. Drew was indicted in May under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), for violating Myspace's terms of service agreement by posing as a teenage boy in order to harass...

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MySpace Suicide Charges Threaten Free Speech (CentOS, Linux and Operating Systems)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:19:49 GMT

Naturalist recommends a piece up at Ars about a friend-of-the-court brief filed by the EFF, CDT, Public Citizen, and a group of 14 law professors in the case of Lori Drew, who posed as a teenage boy to harass another teen online, eventually driving her to suicide. (We’ve discussed the case a few times.) “[The [...]

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The man behind Megan Had it Coming (MyCrimeSpace)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:09:09 GMT

Notorious Kirkland troll tells how to avoid his wrath: Some of you may remember the “Megan Had it Coming” blog that was supposed to have been written by Lori Drew. As it turned out it was a complete hoax. The funny thing is that the man behind the site was once lauded by this very site. Jason [...]

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MySpace Criminal Charges Risk Dangerous Ramifications for Consumers (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:20:08 GMT

San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of academics and public policy groups are urging a judge to dismiss computer crime charges in a case with dangerous ramifications for millions of people who use the Internet. The defendant in the case, Lori Drew, is charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by using a fictitious name and age...

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God, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll: Lori Drew/Megan Meier MySpace Hoax Update (BlogNetNews.com/Iowa)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT

We've been following the indictment of Lori Drew with interest on this blog. Drew is accused of creating, or allowing the creation of, a fake profile on MySpace for the purpose of sending negative messages to 13-year-old Megan Meier. Meier committed suicide after receiving such a message. [...]

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Party of Trolls (The Hollywood Liberal)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:41:43 GMT

Party of Trolls Shorter GOP: We got nothing. Better start trolling! Troll The NYTimes, profiling trolls. In the days after the Megan Meier story became public, Lori Drew and her family found themselves in the trolls’ crosshairs. Their personal information — e-mail addresses, satellite images of their home, phone numbers — spread across the Internet. One of the [...]

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Lori Drew’s lawyer files to dismiss (MyCrimeSpace)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:04:34 GMT

Defense Lawyer Files to Dismiss MySpace Case: Lori Drew’s defense attorney has filed a motion to have the fraud charges against her dismissed. He claims that if Lori Drew is criminally guilty of violating MySpace’s TOS than so are we all. Considering I’m sure we’ve all violated a TOS or two in our times. Except here’s the [...]

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Lori Drew Files Motions to Dismiss in MySpace Cyberbullying Case (Threat Level)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:59:19 GMT

Lori Drew is charged with violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who was indicted in May on charges related to MySpace cyberbullying activities that led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide, has filed three motions to dismiss the charges...

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Lori Drew, the woman who created a fake MySpace ... [Crime And Punishment] (Jezebel)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Lori Drew, the woman who created a fake MySpace profile to harass her daughter's friend, Megan Meier, is arguing, again, that she did nothing wrong. She's been indicted on computer fraud charges for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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If Lori Drew Is Guilty, So Are Most Internet Users (Techdirt)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:43:46 GMT

While we can understand the anger some folks feel at Lori Drew -- the woman who some blame for the eventual suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier -- it was quite troubling the way in which prosecutors indicted Drew. Since there didn't appear to be much of a law concerning being a jerk online to a child, she was instead charged with computer fraud for using a fake name on MySpace....

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Myspace suicide woman 'did what loads of people do online' (the INQUIRER)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:50:15 GMT

Emma Hughes the Inquirer , Thursday 24 July 2008. 17:39:00 Pretended to be someone else and hassled a teen so much she killed herself MISSOURI MOTHER Lori Drew's lawyer is now arguing that if she is guilty, then so are millions of other internet users every day. The case concerns the harassment of a young girl over the net which spiralled out of control when the torment got too much...

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Motions to Dismiss Indictment Against Lori Drew Cause Debate (LAist)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:30:31 GMT

According to Associated Press , Lori Drew has moved to dismiss her indictment related to the MySpace suicide hoax. "The new defense motions argue the indictment violates constitutional due process , fails to state an offense as required by federal rules of criminal procedure and alleges no crime, but is instead vague ." The Washington Post examines the line between "wrong" and "illegal",...

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MySpace-Hoax Mom Wants Charges Dismissed (Top Tech News)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:58:34 GMT

An attorney for a Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide filed motions Wednesday to dismiss the federal case. Three motions were filed in U.S. District Court on behalf of Lori Drew of the St. Louis suburb of O'Fallon, her attorney H. Dean Steward told The Associated Press. Drew is accused of helping create a false-identity...

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MySpace-Hoax Mom Wants Charges Dismissed (Sci-Tech Today)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:58:34 GMT

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