Defense Wants Charges Dropped In MySpace Suicide Case

Washington (dbTechno) - The case against Lori Drew, the Missouri mother who used a MySpace account to bully a 13-year old teenage girl to the point where the teen killed herself, continues. Defense lawyers for Lori Drew are asking that all charges be dismissed in the case.

Defense lawyers filed three electronic court documents on Wednesday, stating that the law being used to prosecute Lori Drew is flawed.

The law, known as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, has been used to prosecute alleged hackers to this point.

Lawyers for Drew stated that the law, the way it is set up, could criminalize behavior of millions of people online, as it means that anyone who goes against the “terms of service” of a web site could be prosecuted.

The defense lawyers, according to The Washington Post, call the law “ripe for discriminatory enforcement.”

After Lori Drew bullied the teenage girl, Megan Meier, the girl went and killed herself.

The teenage girl was a former friend of Drew’s daughter.

Drew was indicted back in May on a felony conspiracy charge, as well as 3 counts of intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization.

She pleaded not guilty in June, and faces 20 years in jail. The next hearing is set for September.