Judge Tosses Out Lori Drew Ruling

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 07/02/2009 - 14:15

The Lori Drew verdict finding her guilty of computer hacking because she may have broken MySpace's terms of service (without even having read them) was a classic example of prosecutors trying to stretch the law to punish someone who did something they didn't like, but which wasn't against the law.

The implications of the ruling were quite troubling, in that they could turn almost anyone into a criminal if prosecutors wanted to charge them as such.

For months, though,...

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