At least we know that Lori Drew will have to spend thousands of dollars to defend herself. Regardless of the outcome, and her name is pretty much trashed for eternity in STL. Should Lori be charged? not my call. Is she an evil person, absolutely, what grown adult goes around creating fake myspace pages simply to harass a specifically targeted child. Imagine if this was done over the phone, would your response be different? Lori broke the law by creating a fake myspace page, and then used her illegal identity to harass a CHILD. If she wanted to harass an adult with a legal myspace page, I say go for it, more power to you. But the target of her malfeasance was child! I say this set the grounds for nice size civil suit against the Drews. Open your pocket book Lori- her comes johnny law!!!

As horribly sad as this case is, I don’t see how Drew spending 5-20 years in prison will help. Yes, she is a sick, twisted adult who got overly involved in a childish prank, but I am positive she never intended for the girl to kill herself. It cannot be proven that Megan’s parents are responsible for her mental distress, either. Mrs. Drew’s pathetic behavior may have led an already unstable girl to make a very sad decision, but the truth is that it was HER decision. Lori Drew is ultimately not responsible for Megan making that decision to end her life, as guilty and awful as she will feel for the rest of her life. These charges are trumped up and ridiculous, intended only to help the Meier’s blame someone and feel avenged, and to make MySpace seem like a safer place, which it never will be.

Not only were Lori Drew’s actions despicable, her behavior and lack of remorse after the fact are absolutely appalling. How anyone can defend this woman is beyond me.

I almost always would be classified as a political conservative, but this is just stupid. Where were Megan’s parents? My 15-yr old daughter has NO access to a computer that I don’t know about and monitor. I have brought her up to understand that you can (and sometimes will) be judged by everything that you say and do. While what Lori Drew did was despicable, and she has probably personally exonerated herself (how else could she live with herself), this case is about publicity and not about the law. Grow up people! It’s not just about you. The things you do in your life affect others around you…start taking responsibility for your actions.

I think this topic has attracted every griefer and troll on the web (people who derive pleasure by causing misery to others and stirring up trouble). Relax, this is a test case, but it’s not going to make being a jerk illegal. You will still be able to get your jollies by torturing other people -as long as those other people are adults.

This case is pretty specific, an adult impersonated a minor to prey on a minor. Comparing Lori Drew’s behavior to griefing or trolling is like comparing a stalker to a heckler. A heckler may yell rude comments or embarrass a person, but we all know the heckler will go home and you will probably never see them again. Same with a griefer and a troll, they show up, cause trouble and leave. A stalker will spend considerable time obsessing over their target, they will follow them, sometimes even befriending their target just to get closer to them. This is the behavior of Lori Drew – she used fraud and lies to get close to a child, then used that very closeness to cause pain that a griefer never could.

Still, what makes Drew’s behavior especially egregious is that she did it all KNOWING her target was a minor. If Lori had tried this on Megan Meier’s Mom, I wouldn’t feel an indictment was justified. But Lori didn’t go after an adult – she targeted a child. Therefore, I believe the indictment IS justified.

We’ll see how the trial goes, but at the very least, this should make future child predators think twice.

Have fun in jail, moron.

We deal with kids differently than we deal with adults. It’s simple. If I ask a 24 year old female for sex, I do so without legal consequences. If I ask a 14 year old female for sex, I will likely face legal consequences.
The same comparison should apply to all interraction with kids vs adults.

Should Lori Drew be imprisioned? Absolutely.

As a mother of four sons…..The Meyers will never get over this. Life will go on but never the same. Lori Drew new exactly the hurt she was causing and would have continued in some way…but her victim died. How many other cruel things had she done in the past and got away with it. This time she was caught and I don\’t believe this was innocent…No way. She got caught and now she must suffer the consequences that come from her evil doing. If she gets away with this, she will somewhere, sometime, hurt someone again. I am sure she feels bad….but she feels bad for herself whats happening to her…not for what she did.

The basis for the indictment is shakey, at best. At worst, if the trial goes forward, which I believe will not happen, there will be a final review by SCOTUS.

They are using the “User Agreement” section as the basis for the indictment. After reading the “User Agreement” at MySpace, there is no mention of specific criminal charges for harrassment. If this is the case, how can they “created” new criminal law?

Mind you I am not excusing Ms. Drew’s conduct, but the idea of new criminal law being created out of thin air, along with a desire to make someone pay for this tragic incident, is dubious. Prosecuters and juries are not allowed to create laws. Everyone knows that is the perview of the legislative branch.

I have a feeling that once this is reviewed by SCOTUS, any judgement made will be overturned.

Yes, she absolutely should be indicted. I’ll leave it to a jury to decide whether or not a conviction is appropriate. But to have let Lori Drew get away with no legal consequences at all is wrong. Our justice system has a responsibility to advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves, in this case, Ms. Meier. Drew used her position as an adult to abuse a young person she knew to have issues, when instead she could have coached her.