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Article: Judge tosses verdict in cyberbully case; Decision is tentative; Woman involved in MySpace hoax tied to teen's suicide.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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Byline: Linda Deutsch; The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide.
U.S. District Judge George Wu said he was acquitting Lori Drew of misdemeanor counts of accessing computers without authorization but stressed the ruling was tentative until he issues it in writing. He noted the case of a judge who changed his mind after ruling.
Drew, 50, of the St. Louis suburb of Dardenne Prairie, was convicted in November of three misdemeanor counts of illegally accessing a protected ...