us: Prosecution: Dead Girl’s Parents Must Be Heard at Cyberbullying Sentencing

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are urging a U.S. district judge to allow the parents of a deceased girl to speak at the sentencing hearing of Lori Drew on Monday.Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause, in writing to the court, argued that Drew’s crime led directly to the death of 13-year-old Megan Meier in Missouri in 2006. Therefore her parents, Ron and Tina Meier, were unquestionably victims of her crime.
www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/prosecution-parents-should-be-allowed-to-speak-at-cyberbullying-hearing/

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