MySpace Suicide Mother Pleads Not Guilty »
Posted By Dakota 1 year, 5 months ago in NewsLori Drew, 49, pleaded not guilty in federal court today to charges in a MySpace hoax allegedly linked to a 13-year-old girl's suicide.
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tkyrchncs1 year, 5 months ago
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What a tragedy for everyone. However I cannot believe that prosecuting this woman under statutes intended to protect private, confidential information is in the interest of internet users or the nation as a whole. I also believe it to be a fruitless endeavor to blame anyone's suicide on others, especially a young teen. As well to blame the girl's parents, who failed to provide her with enough self-confidence to withstand a very cruel joke, and who allowed her unsupervised access to a form of communication she clearly was not ready for.
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TweekerchickQC1 year, 5 months ago
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Im a big fan of personal responsibility. And although she cant be held responsible for what someone else does, she's 49 flipping years old.
Seriously. A 49 year old woman picking on a 13 year old girl? 13 year old girls are just shy of insane as it is. She ought to be ashamed of herself.
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Mutainia1 year, 5 months ago
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Teenagers aren't stable. Your typical 13 year old is a borderline psychotic (a miracle that there aren't more school shootings at age 13, if you ask me) and, for this adult to fool with an unstable mind is definitely child abuse. At 49, you'd think she'd KNOW this sort of thing. I guess the power of hiding behind a mask she thought impenatrable, was too alluring. May God keep us from falling into such a power-play of destruction ourselves.
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Idamilli1 year, 5 months ago
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That was a horribly cruel thing for a grown woman to do a child; however, I believe the child must have had a serious problem to begin with - meaning she took her life over an internet insult/suggestion? I'm not absolving the grownup of her vicious suggestion, but most people, even very young people, certainly would not kill themselves over an internet incident. Personally, I think BOTH parties must have had significant mental problems, and my heart goes out to the young girl's family and loved ones, but this still does not make the "prankster", however wrong, a murderer.
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koranagirl1 year, 5 months ago
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I have to agree. If someone is insulted before they commit (or attempt to commit) suicide, does this create any legal liabilities, either civil or criminal?
Is this what we want?
What if you are insulted and you want to sue the offender, so you "attempt" to commit suicide and then sue the person later, saying they either suggested you kill yourself or they insulted you to the point of despondence and so you attempted suicide?
What if the girl survived her suicide attempt? Would that change the minds of any of you?
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