Posted AT 10:00 PM EST on 04/12/08
Cyberbullying verdict turns rule-breakers into criminals
They couldn't convict her of being a terrible person, so they had to nail her for impersonating one.
That was the sorry end of a landmark cyberbullying trial heard in the United States. Lori Drew, the woman whose phony MySpace account may have driven a neighbour's teenaged daughter to suicide, was convicted in a Los Angeles court this week – but not for cyberbullying. There's no law against that.
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