Ah yes, I remember this case, as it received quite a lot of publicity at the time.

If you take a step back from the emotional aspect of the case, and look at the prosecution's argument solely on its' merits, I have to say the judge made the right call here. Missouri prosecutors could not bring the case due to lack of a State anti-cyberbullying law, so the Feds got involved and tried a different tactic. I commend them for trying to go the "anti-hacking" route, but it was a shaky premise.

This case is a great example of the dichotomy between Law and Morality. Most "reasonable" folks would find Lori Drew's alleged actions despicable, myself included. But trying to pin the poor girl's suicide on her by using a round-about anti-hacking and Terms of Service argument is a real stretch, at best.

Furthermore, while what happened was a tragedy, one could easily argue that almost all teenagers would NOT have commited suicide in such a situation. They would have been hurt, yes, emotionally wounded perhaps...but this girl had to have underlying mental issues/conditions to take it to the next level. Suicides are just an everpresent part of the human condition. If we let the government try to assign blame to the multitude of suicides taking place every day, we won't have enough jail cells to hold the alleged "precipitators".