While this person doesn't get any time if the girl didn't commit suicide, the actual actions are illegal.
The lady was 47 years old? Wow. A crime was most certainly committed here. It may not be in our laws but an undefined crime was committed. She deserves jail time and I hope she gets f-ed up when she gets there.
I know she is only 13 but my goodness, she must have had a real crappy childhood for her to kill herself over online insults. Seriously though, we've all been 13 before and I'm sure some of us were told worst things in person, to our face. What the hell is wrong with kids today? It might sound cruel, but I find it hard to sympathize for people that commit suicide over ridiculous things such as this one.
I think the argument for prosecuting this woman is the woman knew the girl was emotionally fragile. The woman's child was best friends with the girl...the woman knew the girl had attempted suicide in the past. I don't think that mitigates what happened at all. IMO it makes it a crime. It wasn't a random internet message. It was targeted to hurt the girl. Did the woman kill the girl? No. The girl killed herself. Did the woman abuse the girl which caused the girl to kill herself? Absolutely. Basically that is what she was charged with it...IMO it fits the crime.
Sorry your kid is so effed up that she had to kill herslef because she wasn't cool. This is so dumb. The Drew lady was probably just defending her daughter and went too far. First we disallow dodgeball now we indict someone else when someone commits suicide? Children these days need thicker skin . . .
teenagers have been emotionally distressed and killing themselves for a long time now. uhh, what better situation would there be to have sympathy for than this? you act like she selfishly or petulantly threw a temper tantrum because she didn't get a Xbox 360 for her birthday. she killed herself because the chemicals in her brain made her feel her life was so crappy because of this situation, that she shouldn't go on living. if that doesn't earn your sympathy, i'm not sure what would.
uhh, she obviously didn't kill herself because her online bf of a month dumped her. People don't do that. Maybe it was the tipping point, but she was obviously effed up before this or it wouldn't have happened. To charge a the mom for murder would be ridiculous. It would be like charging someone with murder for scaring someone when they had a heart condition; the problem was already there. If you want to charge her with murder, then you have to charge all the little bullies in school, teachers that didnt help her, the drug manufacturers, her mom for not hugging her enough, and maybe the food companies for making the food that made her a ******.
F that lady for doing this...Did tie the belt, no, but she played a huge part and she be held accountable...
If she wants to defend her daughter, talk to the parents instead of setting up a child. That's because she played a MAJOR role in the suicide happening and actually broke the rules and laws while doing it.
Yes, it was already disclosed that she had emotional problems and the mom knew this as well. I don't agree that she should be charged with murder but to let her walk free and clear would be totally wrong. The mother knew of the condition beforehand too. Like I said, I don't agree with charging her with murder but she did breaks some rules and laws and should be punished accordingly. I can't believe that people in the thread are going after the girl when it was an ADULT playing these childish games (keyword ADULT).
Wahh Wahh Wahh. This is the dumbest thing ever. I feel no sympathy for people who kill themselves. Nothing is more selfish than leaving all of your problems with the people that actually do care about you. What Drew did was stupid and childish but she DID NOT KILL ANYONE!!!!. She made fun of someone over the internet. A digi friend should never be a reason for death. This is ridiculous. Charge her with harassment or something. But seriosly, this is a really stupid argument.
Wow some people have no idea that something called clinical depression exists. But then again, should we expect more from a 12 year old with a BBS account?
This is extremely unfortunate, but are you kidding me? how many people here would hang themselves if someone told them that "the world is a better place" without them?? this is freakin' crazy.. the girl must have had a horrible mental or psychological disorder.. she is NOT normal.. internet crap is getting out of control though.. even though (I reiterate) an internet hoax wouldn't cause a normal person to commit suicide, this is pretty ridiculous.. what kind of parents let their children surf the web unadvised? what in god's name is wrong with these people? as a matter of fact, I think every family should contact a computer specialist or simply google "how to block websites" and completely block myspace, facebook, etc... and then get some sort of a program that keeps track of all the websites that the kids visit.. I know this is pretty crazy, but seriously, you can't let kids just mess around with the internet.. get a grip for god's sake..
You have to remember she was 13 though. Teenage girls are highly unstable emotionally. I can certainly see how a 13 year old girl would decide to kill herself after her boyfriend told her to die.
Kidding you about what? Any charges at all or the fact that some people want the woman charged with murder? I don't see how anybody could argue against no charges.....well yeah I do. Teenage girls are emotionally unstable. Tell them certain things and it results in extreme reactions. The world is better without you...suicide. You look fat..anorexia/bulimia and so on. Yes she had past emotional problems and the woman who toyed with girl knew about these problems. That makes it even worse in my opinion. The mother of the girl told her to get off before she left her unsupervised and the truth is most adults aren't computer/Internet savvy, even in this day and age.
