Uuuuuuuuh, you guys do know that Missouri has since passed an cyber bullying law, right?
There are federal laws which come in to play depending upon where the server, which handles that communities internet, is located - interstate wire fraud comes to mind since she committed a fraud when she opened that MySpace account.
The law would not apply to Lori Drew, due to ex post facto. I do believe there are existing laws she broke in the state. She even admitted that the messages were
sexual in nature. Had Lori Drew been Larry Drew, he would be in the slammer. You all remember Dateline: To Catch A Predator with Chris Hansen? Lori Drew's behavior was no different from what they did. Talk about a double standard when it comes to gender of sex offenders.
Lori Drew owned a thriving business, member of Chamber of Commerce, homeowner, and married with two children. If one was the measure success, Lori Drew is a successful women and lived the American dream. One would think, she would not do that.
From what I have read, Lori Drew is a woman who takes every slighting as an attack on her and gets extremely wrapped up on her children's squabbles. She is a collector of injustices, a narcissists, sociopath, and never really matured. A sad fact nowadays that many adults are no more mature than children. Having children would make one mature, but for some, they are still immature. I saw a photo of her on the Internet and I can tell by the eyes of her, she is seething with rage.
I suspect her daughter, Sarah, was used as a pawn for her own self-absorbed gains. She goes to blame her own daughter for starting it, even though, she did not play much of a role in it. Just because, Sarah was not Megan's friend is no excuse to get upset. Everyone who went through middle school can related to that. Friends for one day, not friends for the next, and the friends they day after. I am pretty sure Sarah and Megan would be friends again.
I understand many are concerned about the precendants, but we at least get to hear what Lori Drew has to say and perhaps it can reveal what she was like as a child. She has been silent about it. I am sure regardless of verdict, she will be slapped with a lawsuit by the Meiers and other people who were involved in the hoax because they felt that Lori Drew ruined them. That aspect of people involved in the hoax would get thrown out. By than she will be in huge debt from the case, since lawyers cost a lot. One has to wonder if Lori Drew might get killed at the hand of an angry lynch mob, which I think it could happen.