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MySpace Judge Agrees with Us

  Remember the Lori Drew case? She’s the mom who was convicted last Thanksgiving for creating a fake MySpace persona, which she then used to harass a teenaged girl until the girl committed suicide. After she was convicted, we argued that her conviction stretched the meaning of the statute too...

July 3, 2009
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MySpace Conviction Probably Exceeded Scope of Law

  We were away last week, achieving an unqualified victory in a case brought by the Antitrust Division. But while we were gone, Lori Drew got convicted of three criminal counts of accessing a computer without authorization. Drew is the mom who was accused of harassing a teenaged girl over...

December 2, 2008

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Nathaniel Burney is an attorney in private practice, a former prosecutor, and a tireless advocate for Truth, Justice, and the Scientific Method. “Asides, Extras, and Appurtenances” is his accompaniment to The Illustrated Guide to Law, and also includes posts from the Guide’s predecessor blog The Criminal Lawyer. Nothing here counts as legal advice, nor does it create or imply an attorney-client relationship. Comments, criticisms, and disagreements are enthusiastically encouraged.