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Lawyer attacks MySpace fraud case
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Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press
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July 24, 2008
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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.
This is the first time that ...
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