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Any last-minute predictions about the Lori Drew cyber-bullying case?

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this new Los Angeles Times posting, Lori Drew, who was "convicted of committing a hoax on the social networking site MySpace that led to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl, is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon in federal court in downtown Los Angeles."  As I have highlighted in prior posts, there are lots of interesting legal issues and sentencing questions raised by this case.  In addition to the basic question of what sentence Drew might/should be given for her three misdemeanor convictions, there is the preliminary issue of whether her convictions should be dismissed and the procedural issue of whether her crime has "victims" who should be permitted to testify at her sentencing hearing. Just for kicks, I will make some last-minute predictions (that might soon look silly):  I predict that Drew's motion to dismiss is denied, that the victims get to testify at her sentencing, and that Drew gets a sentence of a few months of home confinement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 18, 2009 (boomark / email).