Prosecutors Drop Plans to Appeal Lori Drew Case

November 20th, 2009 admin

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed a notice that they do not intend to pursue an appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, thus ending the controversial and lengthy case. “We have a notice with the 9th Circuit that we are withdrawing our notice of appeal in the case,” a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles wrote in an e-mail to Threat Level. A judge threw out the government’s case against Drew in July and acquitted her of three misdemeanor counts. Drew was convicted last…


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