federal judge on Thursday overturned guilty verdicts against Lori Drew, issuing a directed acquittal on three misdemeanor charges.

Drew, 50, was accused of participating in a cyberbullying scheme against 13-year-old Megan Meier who later committed suicide. The case against Drew hinged on the government’s novel argument that violating MySpace’s terms of service was the legal equivalent of computer hacking. But U.S. District Judge George Wu found the premise troubling.

“It basically leaves it up to a website owner to determine what is a crime,” said Wu on Thursday, echoing what critics of the case have been saying for months. “And therefore it criminalizes what would be a breach of contract.”

There was a lot of discussion on Memestreams about this case. I'm pleased that Drew was acquitted. This criminal trial was pure theater and political posturing by the US Attorney's office. It should have never been prosecuted.

That being said, I hope Drew and her family are destroyed in a wrongful death suit. Civil court is the only place this entire sad affair should play out.

Judge Acquits Lori Drew