Mother Charged with Misdemeaners in Myspace Trial

A Los Angeles federal jury convicted 49-year-old Lori Drew of misdemeanor computer charges in a landmark cyber-bullying case. Drew had posed as a teen boy online to emotionally torment a 13-year-old girl, who later committed suicide. The panel could not reach agreement on conspiracy charges, and instead handed down three lesser offenses of accessing computers without authorization. Larry talks with Robert Pugsley, Professor Law, Southwestern Law School, Karen Sternheimer, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Phillip Malone, Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Cyber Law Clinic at Harvard, and Parry Aftab, Internet Privacy and Security Lawyer, about the verdict and its implications.