Wednesday, November 26, 2008

guilty verdict in myspace suicide

lori drew of,49, of o' fallon, missouri was convicted of three misdemeanor counts in the case of thirteen year old Megan Meier who committed suicide over a prank using the popular website myspace.com. drew used the site to pose as a teenage boy with a love interest in the teenager than told her that the world would be better off with out her. however the jury did not convict drew of the more serious conpiracy charge over cyberbullying. becuase she was not charged with the more serious crime her maximum sentence would have been five years in prison but since she charged with a misdemeanor drew's attorneys are going to appeal to get the misdemeanor sentence which is one year in prison and a fine. drew's defence is claiming that she never read the terms and agreements portion so she cant be guilty of something she didnt know she did. the teeen's mom tina meier said she was hoping for convictions on all counts but she'll take what she can get. "It's never been about vengeance. This is about justice -- justice not only for Megan, it's justice for everybody who has to go through this, with the computer and being harassed," said Meier, who attended the trial. "I don't want another family to have to stand here and go through what I've had to endure" (cnn.com). i think they should point the majority of the blame on the mom and the website. blame the mom for not watching her daughters actions on the internet. blame myspace because they did catch or mention the problem. i say this because they have people who monitor what goes on like nude or graphic pictures that people want to post so i know some one could have prevented this if they spoke up earlier.

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