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Lawyer attacks MySpace fraud case

The attorney for Lori Drew, the woman accused of harassing a teen by creating a fake online identity on MySpace, is objecting to the prosecution's argument that his client violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Drew's attorney, H. Dean Steward, filed three documents in federal court in Los Angeles Wednesday that maintain that the law being used to prosecute her is unconstitutionally vague and that the prosecution has failed to state her offense.

"The terms in the statute are vague, and a reasonable person could never know whether their conduct violates the statute," Steward argues, adding that millions of people unwittingly violate the laws on a daily basis.

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