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Policy

Lori Drew Verdict

Jacob Sullum | 11.26.2008 2:29 PM

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I was right about the verdict in the Lori Drew case, though I wish I had been wrong, since even misdemeanor convictions for unauthorized computer access raise the prospect that every American who uses the Internet is an accidental criminal. How many terms of service have you violated today?

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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books).

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