Jurors Wanted to Convict Lori Drew of Felonies, But Lacked Evidence

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Source: WIRED

Jurors would have convicted Lori Drew on three felony counts for unauthorized access to MySpace's computer system if they had been given the evidence from prosecutors, the jury forewoman in the Drew trial said Monday. They had to convict her of misdemeanors, instead, given what they had to work with.

"Trust me, I was so for this woman going away for 20 years," Valentina Kunasz told Threat Level. "However, on the harsher felony charge, it was very hard to find her guilty on the specific given to us."

Kunasz said despite all the debate outside the courtroom about the prosecution's use of an anti-hacking statute to charge Drew for violating a website's terms of service, jurors never considered whether the statute was appropriate. However, she said she agrees with the idea that users who violate a website's terms of service should be prosecuted.

"The thing that really bothered me was that attorney kept claiming that nobody reads the terms of service," she said. "I always read the terms of service.... If you choose to be lazy and not go though that entire agreement or contract of agreement, then absolutely you should be held liable."



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