Not guilty plea in Internet suicide case
@ 2008/06/17LOS ANGELES - A Missouri woman pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court Monday to charges in an Internet hoax blamed for a 13-year-old girl's suicide.
Lori Drew, 49, stood quietly beside her attorney Monday. She pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict emotional distress. She is free on $20,000 bond.
Lori Drew, 49, stood quietly beside her attorney Monday. She pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and accessing protected computers without authorization to get information used to inflict emotional distress. She is free on $20,000 bond.
I agree bout laws not evolving like it should to encompass internet and other media, but the main gripe is bout the judges. How can an old guy (not many judges are young peeps, well, I know none), prolly out of phase with technology and don't know anything bout what the virtual world brings with it? They judge without even trying to understand the underlaying problem.
I consider that woman to have manipulated that little girl on purpose, then dropped that kid with the intent to do emotional damage, which had the tragic ending as result. So to me, it's unvoluntary homicide.
Of course, I'm the sort of guy to consider one speeding next to a car who stopped at a cross-over to let people safely walk across a street as a voluntary killer.
Anyways, I find it disgusting to read such things decided by people who can't deal accordingly with the situation.