Lawyer: Potential Jurors Show 'Viciousness' To Lori Drew
Posted on Tuesday, November 18 @ 20:31:59 CST by Raulken |
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By Kim Zetter November 18, 2008 | 7:18:36 PMCategories: Lori Drew Trial LOS ANGELES -- The pool of potential jurors assembled for the trial of Lori Drew is tainted by a deep animus for the 49-year-old Missouri woman accused of helping drive a...
 Initial jury selection has begun in the trial of a Missouri woman alleged to have used a fake MySpace profile to bully a girl who later killed herself. Lori Drew, 49, allegedly posed as a boy on the website to befriend Megan Meier, 13, who hanged herself after the "boy" broke off the virtual relationship. Ms Drew denies charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers without authorisation. The trial is being seen as a landmark case concerning internet law. Megan, a neighbour of Ms Drew in St Louis and a former friend of her daughter, took her own life in October 2006. The jury is going to end up thinking that Lori Drew is being tried for the death of Megan Meier
Dean Steward
Defence lawyer
Are networking sites dangerous? It is alleged that she killed herself after receiving several cruel messages from a fictitious 16-year-old boy named Josh Evans, including one saying the world would be...
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