Jury convicts Missouri mom of misdemenors in cyberbullying case

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | 5:25 p.m. CST; updated 2:04 p.m. CST, Friday, November 28, 2008

LOS ANGELES — A Missouri mother on trial in a landmark cyber-bullying case was convicted Wednesday of three minor offenses instead of the main conspiracy charge in an Internet hoax that prosecutors say drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide.

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