The mother and daughter shown in this photo perpetrated a hoax on a teen-age girl on a MySpace page.

Lori Drew and her daughter, Sarah, left, arrive at Los Angeles federal court hours before a jury today delivered a mixed verdict in a cyber-bullying case in which Lori Drew was accused of using a MySpace account to torment a teenage girl who committed suicide.
Lori Drew of Missouri is convicted of misdemeanor charges, but the L.A. jury deadlocks on felony conspiracy count. Drew had a fake relationship online with Megan Meier, 13, who committed suicide.
By Scott Glover (Los Angeles Times)
November 27, 2008

A federal jury's decision Wednesday to acquit a Missouri mother accused of using MySpace to intentionally perpetrate a cruel Internet hoax on a vulnerable teenage girl marked a setback for prosecutors who had wanted to send a message that cyber-bullying was a serious crime with serious ramifications.

Instead, the jury in Los Angeles convicted 49-year-old Lori Drew of three misdemeanor computer crimes for her role in setting up the MySpace account in the name of a fictitious 16-year-old boy and using it to lure 13-year-old Megan Meier into an online relationship.




Now you know what I think is wrong with the judicial system concerning the internet. I admit I am going on gut instinct and visual cues from the photo -- these people appear to be sociopaths. What kind of a mother encourages her daughter to harass and intimidate another child?

The most time the mother may serve is 3 years, and probably less. If I were the parents of the child victim, I would be planning a far more draconian outcome.

xx, Teal