9 Teenagers Accused of Bullying That Led to Suicide

My first reaction was that felony charges were too much but now that I have read the story and likely there is enough text message evidence of an ongoing harrassment against this young girl. These two older boys who slept with her and then these other girls who kept up the slander and abuse should be punished. They all knew better than to act like that, these kids are not mentally ill. They were high on power.

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The prospective law, Mr. Trestan said, is aimed at changing school cultures and preventing bullying, but would not label bullying a crime because it is a vague concept. “These indictments tell us that middle school and high school kids are not immune from criminal laws,” he said. “If they violate them in the course of bullying someone, they’ll be held accountable. We don’t need to create a new crime.”

Harvey Silverglate, a lawyer in Cambridge, Mass., who has argued that proposed cyberbullying laws are too vague and a threat to free speech, said that he thought the charges announced Monday would pass legal muster. The sorts of acts of harassment and stalking claimed in the charges were wrong under state law, Mr. Silverglate said, but a question would be whether they were serious enough to constitute criminal violations, as opposed to civil ones.

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They should do their duty. Every time.

Kid culture is vital. Loss of it produces feral children who run in packs. This is not a good thing.