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Very different sentencing recommendations in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to posts at Wired.com, I see that the upcoming sentencing in the Lori Drew case could be very interesting.  The basic debate is revealed in the titled of these posts: Probation and $5,000 Fine Recommended for Lori Drew Prosecutors Seek 3 Years in Prison for Lori Drew Helpfully, these posts also provide links to the parties sentencing submissions: Defendant's Sentencing Brief Government's Sentencing Memorandum As the Wired posts note, there is still a pending motion to dismiss that needs to be resolved before the scheduled May 18 sentencing.  In light of all these developments, I would guess that the district judge will deny the motion to dismiss, but then impose a sentence of probation.  But this is just a guess (and done before reading the parties' papers linked above) based on my instinct that the district judge will want to find a viable way to "split the baby" in this high-profile case.continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 06, 2009 (boomark / email).