The much-publicized trial and prosecution of an O’Fallon mom accused of cyberbullying a teen to the point of suicide ended in 2009 with more of a fizzle than a bang. After eight months of postponing a ruling, the protracted federal ...

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A St. Peters’ woman has been charged with cyberbullying after she allegedly posted a teenage girl’s contact information under Craigslist’s “Casual Encounters” personal ads. It is the one of the first times prosecutors have used the new Internet harassment state ...

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A federal judge threw out the conviction of a Missouri woman found guilty of misdemeanor computer fraud in a hoax on News Corp.’s MySpace.com social networking site that led a teenage girl to commit suicide. Drew, 50, was cleared at ...

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Lori Drew has prevailed after all. A federal judge in California this afternoon threw out the conviction for her role in a St. Louis area teenager's suicide. Drew had faced a maximum sentence of three years in prison. Instead, U.S. District Judge George Wu threw out her misdemeanor computer fraud conviction. Prosecutors charged Drew using a novel application of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a law previously used largely to prosecute computer hackers.

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Lori Drew, the now infamous O’Fallon mother blamed by many for cyber bullying a Dardenne Prairie teen to the point of suicide, will have to wait until July to find out her fate. U.S. District Judge George H. Wu was ...

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The 2006 suicide of a Missouri teen has prompted a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would make cyberbullying a crime. Under the proposed Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, “whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any ...

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The so-called “cyber-bullying mom” could learn her fate as early as this week. A hearing on Lori Drew’s motion for acquittal is scheduled for Thursday morning, and Judge George H. Wu has told the lawyers involved in the case that ...

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