A federal judge on Monday postponed the sentencing of Lori Drew, the 50-year-old woman convicted of unauthorized computer access last year in the country’s first federal cyberbullying prosecution.After an hour of discussion with prosecutors and Drew’s defense attorney, U.S. District Judge George Wu indicated he was still weighing a defense motion to overturn the jury verdict in the case and that he needs to review transcripts from the trial to weigh both the motion to overturn and the sentencing. Sentencing is now set for July 2nd.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/drew_sentenced/Prosecutors ‘real bullies’ in MySpace suicide case [AP]
A defence attorney says prosecutors are the real bullies for seeking a stiff sentence against a Missouri mother once accused of scheming over the internet to humiliate 13-year-old neighbour Megan Meier, who later committed suicide.Lawyer Dean Steward represents Lori Drew, who is scheduled to be sentenced in US District Court after being convicted in November of three misdemeanour counts of accessing computers without authorisation.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10573216
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30814538/California: Federal Judge Postpones Sentencing in a Cyberbullying Case
A federal judge in Los Angeles postponed the sentencing of Lori Drew, a woman convicted of computer fraud in a landmark cyberbullying case, until July 2.
http://nytimes.com/2009/05/19/us/19brfs-FEDERALJUDGE_BRF.html
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