She sucks, but there is no way prosecutors will get the ruling overturned on appeal, particularly in the Ninth Circuit. Something egregious happened, and prosecutors are trying to compensate for the fact that the laws do not move as fast as technology by charging her under a statute that doesn't really apply. Energy should be focused on creating new laws, not trying to make up for the lost opportunity here.
You can be bankrupted by the RIAA if someone, without your knowledge, downloads a file on your network. You can be directly responsible for events causing the death of a young girl and you walk. I am sick of the stupid, slow, money-driven joke known as "the American Legal System." It's pathetic and embarrassing.
Look at those crazy eyes! I would not want to meet her in a dark alley.
I would love to believe that the prosecutors have some super secret legal trick up their sleeves to ensnare Ms. Drew with. But sadly, this is not Law and Order. If they had anything, I'm sure they would have used it already. I have to content myself that Ms. Drew will find her punishment in the court of public opinion. We are far harsher judges, and there is no appealing our verdict.
I understand why this is newsworthy, but pretty much any attorney worth his/her salt files a notice to appeal any decision they lost before the time limit runs out - - - it's still hugely unlikely that they'll re prosecute (cough - because they have no case - cough)
@schweppes: Then change the laws. That woman is certainly responsible for some part of that young girl's death. Let's make sure the next person who does this doesn't walk away...
@Island of Misfit Toys: They are working on creating some new laws I think, but that still doesn't change the fact that there is no case against her. Laws aren't retroactive
She really should have taken a deep breath and counted to ten before posting someone else's picture in the "casual encounters" section of Craigslist. If she had thought about it for just a few seconds, she would have cooled off enough to just post a picture of her ex husband's new girlfriend's couch in the "for sale" section. Revenge achieved!
@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: It somehow makes awful things less awful to imagine Olbermann all puffed up and yelling at the offenders, inserting a "sir" here and a "madam" there to keep it classy.
As liberal free-speech internet freedom hooray! as I am, I am glad for this law. The web has become something of a lawless wild west type situation even as more and more personal information has started coming out. It's gotten very dangerous.
@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I totally agree. I'm a free-speech defender in most cases, but harassment is harassment, and the internet is one of the worst breeding grounds for this kind of behavior, because of the relative anonymity it affords.
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I would love to believe that the prosecutors have some super secret legal trick up their sleeves to ensnare Ms. Drew with. But sadly, this is not Law and Order. If they had anything, I'm sure they would have used it already. I have to content myself that Ms. Drew will find her punishment in the court of public opinion. We are far harsher judges, and there is no appealing our verdict.
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...oh who am I kidding? I got the hell out of there for a reason.
There are a lot of REALLY fantastic people in the heartland, but there are some real wack jobs, too.
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