Lori Drew should be held responsible for her actions, as any adult should. I am a bit baffeled by the comment about “flaming liberals”. Only intellectially perverted and biased minds can make something political about this tragic case. Liberals or conservatives have nothing to do with this woman’s actions. I don’t know Lori Drew’s politics…….and don’t care……….it has nothing to do with her actions………which were wrong regardless of her political leanings……..and the politics of people commenting on this case to this blog should have nothing to do with politics. This is a case of someone’s deceptive actions having tragic consequences.

ABSOLUTELY NOT! what she did was terrible but unfortunatley, as stated by the STL DA, no crimal charges. what the fed is doing is stupid and a waste of tax payers money. Do you know how many people have fake myspace accounts. 5 MILLION. ARe we going to go after them?

While I find what happened to Megan tragic, I do not find it illegal. Obviously there where some other issues. If it is illegal to “bully” someone on the internet then why not in person? If a child at school calls another child a cruel name, is that child subject to prosecution? This is nothing new, bullies have always been around. Granted, Lori is an adult and knows better, but come on!! If someone is typing something “mean” about you, DONT LOOK AT IT!! Were you called names or picked on in school? Did you commit suicide?? I think not!! There was something else going on emotionally.

It is unfortunate that this has to be prosecuted on a federal level, however, accountability of our actions to our society must be maintained.

For a “helicoptor” parent (those who rush to rescue their children from any perceived disaster no matter the cost to others) to emmesh themselves into an adolescent rivalry that would have blown over in a couple of days, or weeks given no adult input, or less given proper adult input, is unthinkable, especially when such venom and hate was used that a child’s depression would be realized in the taking of their own life.

I hope and pray that Ms Drew’s actions will remind us all that we are accountable for our actions and the Internet is not without consequenses, even if we log in with false credentials or pretenses, legally, morally, and ethically.

I think that if they are going to push an indictment against Lori Drew then then need to file another one for Megan’s mom. She is an unfit parent. Megan had many problems before this incident. The one I feel sorry for is Megan. Megan had her issues and here you have an unfit parent signing her up for Myspace when she wasnt even old enough to join.

What Lori Drew did was completely childish and uncalled for. But, I feel that it is just a lack of good parenting on both sides here. Megan’s parents knew she had history of depression and yet they let her be alone after reading a comment that read “the world would be better with out you”. If they were really monitoring her on the internet like they claim they would have seen the comment and been there to comfort her and not allow her to be alone and depressed. I feel that even though Drew did an unspeakable thing there is no law that she hads broken. I understand that the legal team wants to set a precedence for the case so that cyber bullying can start to be controlled, but I do not think that they have a leg to stand on. They do not have any real proof other than witness testimony that she actually did this to Megan, at least that I know of. Prosecutors need to look elsewhere to set their precedence.

Wow, just about everybody here is unfit for jury duty. I hope I never face charges with this lynch mob in the jury box.

1.) Can’t see any REAL law being broken. Any new law will be non-applicable…I bet constitutional lawyers are drooling over the opportunity to jump to her defense.

2.) Without a real good suicide note, you will never even prove that emotional distress caused by an internet source was the cause of suicide, so the whole suicide cause thing will be thrown out.

3.) Good luck proving that this was the adult and not a minor.

4.) The term conspiracy is pretty laughable here

If she did this, she is a petty sick woman. I don’t think that there is any criminal charge that will stick here.

Lets remember that Drew isn’t charged with murder or conspiracy to commit murder. She isn’t charged with manslaughter or anything related to murder. She is charged with a computer crime. The intent to harm under false pretense. Of that she is guity.
Many people are probably guilty of creating false information on the internet but are never convicted because no one is hurt and it goes unnoticed. Just as many people speed or commit other violations of the law but are never convicted because they are not caught. Drew doesn’t get the complete blame for what surrounds the story but what she is specifically charged with she did do and is guilty of. With that being said I doubt she recieves anything greater than a year prison time if that.

Well, mom is all spiffed up like a model waiting for the TV cameras and the big buck soap mags. In no way does she look like any of the mothers I have seen on Tv after a tragedy involving her child. Dad just stands back like a dolt glad he is out from under the family life he wasn’t ready for. Sad! Hope other parents wake up and quit blaming what can’t be blamed. Quit giving your kids drugs that change moods just for convenience if you don’t want the consequences. And unfortunately, when I umped I heard adults say things to kids you would not believe in the name of the “healthy” game of sports. Can’t wait for the appeal in this test case of stupid proportions.

I think the charges against her are fair, she cuased a little girl her life and she should be punished. She deservees both punishments. What she did was cruel and no person should be let free from that.