Hate charges possible in sex-video suicide case - World. Rutgers University students sign condolence cards on Friday in New Brunswick, N.J., for the family of fellow student Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide after his sexual encounter with a man was streamed online. ((Mel Evans/Associated Press) ) Prosecutors in New Jersey are considering filing bias-crime charges against two first-year college students accused of streaming online video of a homosexual encounter of a classmate who later killed himself.
The saga unfolded this week at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and has become a flashpoint for debate after the revelation that Tyler Clementi, 18, jumped from a bridge on Sept. 22. Tyler Clementi, left, hugs a fellow student during his 2010 graduation from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, N.J. ((Sam Fran Scavuzzo/Ridgewood Patch/Associated Press)) Middlesex County prosecutor Bruce J. The legal question has to do with the motive. Ravi's lawyer has not responded to requests for comment.
Web posting asks for advice. MySpace hoaxer convicted on 3 lesser charges tied to girl's death - World. A jury in Los Angeles was unable to reach a verdict on the main conspiracy charge on Wednesday and instead convicted a Missouri woman of three minor offences for her role in an internet hoax that apparently drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide. The federal court jury rejected felony charges of accessing a computer without authorization to inflict emotional distress on young Megan Meier. However, the jury found defendant Lori Drew guilty of three counts of the lesser offence of accessing a computer without authorization.
Each count is punishable by up to one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. The jurors could not reach a verdict on a conspiracy count, and U.S. District Court Judge George Wu declared a mistrial on that charge. Drew could have been sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison if convicted of the four original counts. Death by bullying in the internet age - Health. Melanie Barwick is a registered psychologist with a primary role as a health systems scientist in the Community Health Systems Resource Group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Children are dying. Not always because of illness, accidents or natural causes. Kids are dying at their own hand to end the suffering of incessant bullying and victimization. According to The Associated Press, there have been at least 12 cases in the U.S. since 2003 in which children and young adults between 11 and 18 killed themselves after falling victim to some form of "cyber bullying" — teasing, harassing or intimidating with pictures or words distributed online or via text message.
Last month, an 18-year-old Rutgers University student jumped from a bridge to his death after his roommate and another student allegedly used a webcam to stream video of him having sex with another man. A kid is bullied every 20 seconds in Canada. Not all bullying or cyber-bullying results in death, but it is all harmful. Cyberbully // Part 1. Cyber Bullying by Danielle H on Prezi.