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The last sentance is the rub...
?Ultimately I think Congress has to deal with this issue,? said former Assistant U.S. Atty. Laurie Levenson, now a professor at Loyola Law School. ?The challenge is to draft legislation that . . . isn?t so broad that it chills people?s 1st Amendment rights and is enforceable.?

Obviously, even in a case like this, whatever punishment is prescribed for "cyber-bullying" isn't going to be nearly as severe as one for murder - one that a lot of people thinking with their emotions instead of their brains would push for.

In the end, the mother was guilty of being childish and mean (arguably, no more mean than teenagers her daughter's age are everyday), but she isn't the sole cause of the young girl's suicide, only a very small but public straw that broke the girl's back.
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The last sentance is the rub...  daftkey | 07/03/09
"very small but public straw" ???  M.W.H. | 07/03/09
Did you ever stop to consider that your daughter was a *****?  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/06/09
Quite true, this girl had MULTIPLE problems beforehand  Lerianis10 | 07/04/09
Child abuse?  T1Oracle | 07/03/09
Indeed,  James T. Kirk | 07/03/09
Child abuse  epcraig | 07/03/09
RE: MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned  M.W.H. | 07/03/09
Judge made the right decision in this case  Lerianis10 | 07/04/09
I would suggest...  James T. Kirk | 07/04/09
Crash helmets and kevlar suits for everyone  aandruli@... | 07/06/09
RE: MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned  Bebedo | 07/06/09
No such thing as "cyber-bullying"  davidr69 | 07/06/09
Excellent Point  sboverie@... | 07/06/09
Judge Incompetent?  spin498 | 07/08/09
This girl was stupid and there's no crime invoved here  Ivystung | 07/06/09
Spoken like a true parent  davidr69 | 07/06/09
Good! This shouldn't be crime...  Spiritusindomit@... | 07/06/09
And yet speaking about choices will become a crime  davidr69 | 07/06/09
RE: MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned  JimPeoples | 07/06/09
Why do we need a new law about the tool?  RedVeg | 07/06/09
Technology and law  dplant@... | 07/06/09
Wrongful death  jparr | 07/06/09
RE: MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned  tdlane54 | 07/06/09
RE: MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned  worldruler20 | 07/08/09

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