From the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
In Florida, Jeff Johnston, 15, hanged himself by his book-bag strap in 2005 after three years of cyberspace bullying. His mother and principal had tried to stop the threats but couldn’t.
In Vermont, Ryan Halligan, 13, hanged himself four years ago, after instant messages insulted and threatened him for months.
And here in O’Fallon this past April, a teen, now in college, got more than 500 sexually threatening and harassing messages through MySpace — the same social networking site Megan used to meet and talk to the fictitious Josh Evans.
Sometimes law enforcement can find ways to prosecute the bullies. But much more often, the indiscretion doesn’t fall into an existing crime category.
