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To: Rambi who wrote (68069)	10/31/2008 8:41:36 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 542937

Judge in Los Angeles still undecided in cyber-bully case By Robert Patrick ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 10/30/2008 A federal judge in Los Angeles has once again failed to decide whether to throw out the criminal charges against former Dardenne Prairie resident Lori Drew, accused of the cyber-bullying that caused or contributed to the suicide of 13-year-old neighbor in St. Charles County. stltoday.com nyu law libertarian (www): If the judge rules that lying on Myspace can result in a Federal prosecution, the criminal defense bar will be coming up on a windfall. volokh.com Sparky: Can anybody explain why a case apparently involving a bunch of Missourians is being tried in Los Angeles? Or address the issues of personal jurisdiction, venue, forum non conveniens (does it apply in criminal cases?) and prosecutorial misconduct? 10.31.2008 10:59am (link) SmokeandAshes (mail): Sparky - The Federal Charges are partly based on that she violated the terms of agreement with MySpace so the victimized party is MySpace (which is located in LA). 10.31.2008 11:07am (link) einhverfr (mail) (www): So, really, if MySpace is the victim here of a felony, then lying about your identity to access the New York Times web site is also a felony... How many people here are not guilty of criminally trespassing on a server under this definition of the law? volokh.com