A Los Angeles judge has delayed the sentencing of Lori Drew, the Missouri woman who orchestrated an elaborate MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor who ended up committing suicide.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge George Wu rescheduled Lori Drew’s sentencing to July 2.
The judge wants more time to review the testimony from prosecution witnesses. He [...]

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Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday that a Missouri mother should serve three years in prison for her role in a MySpace hoax carried out on a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
As we reported last year, Lori Drew is accused of pretending to be a teenage boy on MySpace in order to humiliate 13-year-old Megan [...]

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This woman deserves everything she gets. I hate bullies. You would think that a grown woman would act her age…
ST. LOUIS — The mother of a girl who committed suicide at age 13 after being subjected to an Internet hoax says a woman’s conviction in the case shows that people who bully others [...]

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The suicide of a Missouri teen could have been avoided had she not been tormented online by a mom who lived a few houses away, prosecutors said on Monday, describing the girl’s death as a tragedy.
The jury will begin deliberating on Tuesday in the federal case against Missouri woman Lori Drew, [...]

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