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richard wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:16:48 -0600, "_ Prof. Jonez _"
> wrote:
>
> >LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted a Missouri
> >woman
> >Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social
> >network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
> >
>
>
> Ok let's clarify this a bit more. From what I have read online is, the
> indictment has not yet been granted. It is only a request by two
> unnamed federal agents from Los Angeles.
You've read wrong. The grand jury voted the indictment already - as the
very first sentence of the story you replied to stated.
For further proof, a copy of the indictment is here:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/05/15/my.space.drew.indictment.pd
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(This copy does not have the grand jury foreperson's signature, likely
to protect their anonymity.)
> The suicide, and crime took place in 2006.
> The state of Missouri did not see there was enough evidence to charge
> anyone with anything.
> So now there is sufficient evidence on the federal level?
Yes, because different laws are involved. Missouri authorities
investigated the case but determined that no Missouri law applied to
these facts. The feds investigated the case, and they determined that
there were several federal laws that this woman violated.
> Can someone please inform us under exactly which law the indictment
> will be granted? If it is granted, I for one am gonna bitch like holy
> hell.
You always bitch, Richard. And you're always on the wrong side of the
issue. |