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"All charges against two girls accused of cyberbullying Rebecca Sedwick, a Lakeland girl who died by suicide in September, have been dropped, authorities said Wednesday night.Attorney Jose Baez represents the now 13-year-old girl who was charged.\"They dropped these charges because they simply didn't have the evidence, and they felt it was the right thing to do,\" said Baez.Watch: Jose Baez addresses mediaThe lawyer for a 14-year-old girl charged in the case said Wednesday afternoon that it was her understanding that charges against her client would also be dropped, and authorities confirmed that Wednesday night.\"My client and her family are relieved by the state attorney's decision (Wednesday). She is hopeful about her future and is attempting to turn this tragic event into something positive,\" the 14-year-old's attorney said in a statement.Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference to discuss the latest developments and said the outcome of the case was a success.\"Our goal was to create an intervention,\" he said. \"Our goal was to bring this conduct to the proper authorities.\"Judd said both of the girls are receiving services and counseling.Judd made national news when he filed the charges against the juveniles in October.Watch: Judd discuss dropped charges\"We made very strong, very good probable cause cases,\" said Judd. \"Not only did we make those cases, but those juveniles went to juvenile court, and the probable cause was confirmed by a juvenile court judge.\"The two girls were charged with aggravated stalking and accused of maliciously harassing Sedwick, who later jumped to her death from a tower at a concrete factory about a mile from her Lakeland home.Rebecca's mother,\u00A0Tricia Norman, said she found out the charges would be dropped about 1 p.m. Wednesday.\u00A0\"I am still processing all of it,\" Norman said. \"I am still kind of numb about it all, but what I do know is that Becca would want to forgive.\"\u00A0Baez had said his client was also a victim, and she is sorry for what happened to her former best friend.\"I think arresting a child and accusing her and going on national television and saying that she's to blame for the death of her ex-best friend is unconscionable,' he said.He didn't pull any punches when addressing Judd on Wednesday, saying Judd wanted to be a TV star and used \"the shield of public trust as (his) pulpit.\"\"He should get a lawyer and a darn good one, because he's going to need it,\" Baez said of Judd.Judd insisted he would do the same thing if a similar situation happens again.\"If we had not made an arrest, if we had not brought this to the court system, would these children be receiving services today? And the answer is 'no,'\" he said.On Thursday morning, the 13-year-old appeared on NBC's \"Today\" with her parents and Baez.The girl said she has learned that no one should bully other students, but doesn't think she did anything wrong.23084586"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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