Mike the Usurper wrote:

Shannon wrote:

Mike the Usurper wrote:

Shannon wrote:

Mike the Usurper wrote:

The Los Angeles federal court jury rejected felony charges of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict emotional distress on young Megan Meier.

However, the jury found defendant Lori Drew guilty of three counts of the lesser offense of accessing a computer without authorization. Each count is punishable by up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

She did it, she knew she did it, knew what she was doing, and a 13 year old is dead. I hope the judge sends her to prison.

If you kill yourself because something on the internet bothered you, maybe you shouldn't have used the internet to begin with.

If you, an adult, deliberately screw with the head of a 12-13 year old neighbor, that you KNOW has psychological issues, and finish off the mindfuck telling them the world would be a better place without them, and they actually do something, you think you aren't responsible?

If you think that, you've forfeited any claim to being human.

If i was this kids parents, i'd feel pretty stupid for not monitoring their networking. If your kid has psychological issues like this its plain irresponsible.

According to the reporting, they did. Based on experience as a parent, there will always be situations where you wish you had done more. Bottom line on this one, the neighbor did something no adult should even be considering. It's the kind of behavior you see on Animal Planet where bears try to kill other bears young.

Apparently the parents didn't do enough. The internet is not a safe place for kids. The kid could have found hostility anywhere on the internet from known and unknown sources. THe problem is that she was mentally unbalanced and may have killed her self anyway. It was the kids fault, the parents and neighbors helped her in her task.

RE: Jury convicts mom of lesser charges in online hoax