Jurors hint at partial verdict in MySpace hoax
LOS ANGELES – Jurors deliberating in the MySpace Internet harassment trial of a Missouri mother on Tuesday suggested in a note to the judge that they reached verdicts on three of the four counts.
The note sent late on the first day of deliberations asked, “Can we be hung on one count but unanimous on the others?”
Judge George Wu told the jurors to return Wednesday and resume deliberations.
“I’m going to excuse for today and have you deliberate some more,” Wu told the panel of six men and six women. “If the jury is still at an impasse (tomorrow), hand me a note.”
Wu did not ask jurors which count was at issue, nor did he ask what the vote count was.
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 social
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