MySpace Hoaxer Drew Bragged About Deadly Prank

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• MySpace Suicide Case Goes to Jury

  Nov 25, 08 1:34 PM CST
  Lori Drew’s fate is in the hands of a California jury as the case of the “MySpace bully” goes into deliberations, Wired reports. After forceful closing arguments yesterday, the jury will decide whether the mother committed computer fraud by creating a false online identity used to bully a neighborhood teen into suicide in 2006.
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• Cyber-Sneak Mom 'Bullied My Baby to Suicide'

  Nov 20, 08 3:28 AM CST
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• MySpace Bully's Case Sets Risky Course: Experts

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• Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case

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