Jury Trials and standards

On the Internet suicide case.

...and rejected three other felony counts of accessing computers without authorization to inflict emotional harm.

Instead, the panel found Drew guilty of three misdemeanor offenses of accessing computers without authorization.

Now, let me get this straight. They found that Drew had accessed the computers three times, but not that she had intended to inflict emotional harm? When the whole fake ID thing was about pretending to be a boy and loving her and dumping her?


Okay, I understood the results of the O.J. trials: it was pretty clear that the police had loused up the evidence and screwed the prosecution, so O.J. had to walk free under the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard. Then later, the civil trial was able to convict under the "preponderance of the evidence" standard, leading to his long "search for the real killers" on all the golf courses in the world.

Hopefully, this one will have similar results. Tina Meier should be able to collect from Ashley Grills and the Drews on a wrongful death suit. Won't bring the girl back, but should bring some satisfaction.