Verdict in Cyberbullying Case

Lori Drew, the Missouri mother on trial for her role in an internet hoax that culminated in a 13-year-old girl's suicide (background here), has been convicted of three minor offenses, each punishable by up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Well, I guess it's something. I'd like to say I hope this case might deter other people from engaging in similar vicious online "pranks," but I know as well as I know my own name that it won't.

RIP Megan.

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