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Jurors Hint At Partial Verdict In MySpace Hoax

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Nov 25, 2008 4:30 pm US/Pacific

Jurors Hint At Partial Verdict In MySpace Hoax

LOS ANGELES (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Lori Drew, a Missouri woman who allegedly perpetrated a MySpace hoax that drove her daughter's 13-year-old classmate to suicide, leaves court Thursday Sept. 4, 2008, in Los Angeles. (File)
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A federal court jury deliberating in the MySpace cyber-bullying trial of a Missouri mother has suggested in a note to the judge that it has reached verdicts on three of the four counts.

The note sent Tuesday asked, "Can we be hung on one count but unanimous on the others?"

U.S. District Court Judge George Wu told the jurors to return Wednesday and resume deliberations.

Lori Drew, 49, is accused of conspiracy and accessing computers without authorization for her alleged role in a scheme to create a phony profile of a teenage boy on the MySpace Web site to harass 13-year-old neighbor Megan Meier.

Megan hanged herself in 2006 after receiving a message that the world would be better off without her.

Drew has pleaded not guilty to the charges.