Remember this:
Jurors in Drew’s November trial were unable to reach a decision on a felony charge of conspiracy, but did convict her Nov. 26 of three misdemeanor charges of illegally accessing a protected computer for violations of the terms of service of the MySpace social networking site.
Did you ever sign up for an online account and supply the wrong birthdate because you didn’t feel like filling in all the blanks? If you did, then you committed the same crime as Lori Drew. The article notes the federal sentencing guideline recommendation:
Under federal sentencing guidelines faces a recommended sentence of probation and a $5,000 fine.
And this is what the prosecutors are asking for:
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles want to put a Missouri mother in prison for three years for her role in the online harassment that has been blamed for the 2006 suicide of a Dardenne Prairie teen, documents filed Wednesday show.
Yes, the cyber-bullying led to a tragic end. But Lori Drew was convicted of supply false information when she set up a MySpace account. And I think her sentence should relate to this crime, and not online harassment.
