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Judge Throws Out Sentence in MySpace Suicide Case

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Posted Jul 2, 2009 2:57 PM CDT

(AP) – A Los Angeles federal judge has tentatively thrown out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide. US District Judge George Wu acquitted Lori Drew of misdemeanor counts of... Read full story »

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