MySpace Suicide Conviction Dismissed
Mother accused of pushing teenager to suicide gets good news.
A Missouri mother accused of driving a young teenager to suicide through cyber-bullying had a victory in court Thursday morning. The mother was being seen by a judge in Los Angeles, and the judge threw out the conviction against her.
According to The Associated Press, Lori Drew was accused of computer fraud for creating a fake MySpace page to harass a 13-year-old girl.
Drew was convicted earlier in November for charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Many legal analysts researched the case since it was the first time charges like this were issued due to abuse from a user of a certain social networking site.
The mother originally started a false account pretending to be a 13-year-old boy and to befriend the girl who used to be a friend of her daughter. After some scathing messages, the girl being harassed hanged herself in her bedroom.
The main defense for Drew was that the law was created to prevent hacking into other computers and stealing personal information.
The judge's decision will not be official until it is written as a legal document and not just spoken in a courtroom.
