Disturbing Story (Cyber bullying)

From the Philadelphia Inquirer : A mixed verdict in cyber-bullying

LOS ANGELES - A federal jury delivered a mixed verdict yesterday convicting a Missouri mother of misdemeanor charges in a cyber-bullying case in which she was accused of using a fake MySpace account to torment a teenage girl who later committed suicide.

The jurors rejected more serious felony charges against Lori Drew, 49, who was involved in a hoax on Megan Meier, 13. The panel deadlocked on a conspiracy count, and found Drew guilty of relatively minor offenses of unauthorized access of a computer.

Prosecutors said Drew helped create the MySpace account in the name of a fictitious 16-year-old boy and used it to engage in an online relationship with Megan. Megan, who had long struggled with depression, hanged herself in 2006 after the fictitious boy told her the world would be better without her.

As far as I'm concerned this silly bitch should have gotten a much harsher penalty. What kind of adult fucks with a child on their myspace page to the point of suicide? She got off really easy as far as I'm concerned. She should have had her damn head examined. It's cases like this where people should be charged for being a "dumbass".