Defendant Says Dismissal of MySpace Hoax Case Linked to Suicide Was 'Proper'

Dismissal of MySpace Case 'Proper,' Defendant Says Associated Press Saturday, July 4, 2009 LOS ANGELES, July 3 -- A Missouri mother said she never should have been prosecuted for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who ended up committing suicide. A federal judge this week acquitted Lori Drew of misdemeanor counts of accessing computers without authorization, finding that the law she allegedly violated was unconstitutionally vague. U.S. District Judge George Wu stressed that the ruling is tentative until he issues it in writing. Friday, on NBC's "Today" show, Drew said she never should have been prosecuted. "In my view, it was proper that this case was dismissed, primarily because I simply did not do what the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles accused me of doing," Drew said. Drew was found guilty in November,... [read full story]                    

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