Rutgers man who jumps off bridge to his death.

[lovbyts]

So everyone who ever teased a kid who kills himself later on in life should all go to prison? There'd be no one left out to guard the place.

What they did was wrong, and the outcome is unfortunate, but they're not liable for his death IMO. It's not as if they systematically tortured him for years culminating in his suicide. This was an isolated incident. Do they deserve more than a slap on the wrist? You bet.

My thoughts also. Who here had NEVER teased anyone? We have all teased someone who was taller, shorter, fatter, skinnier, gay, straight, black, white boy, girl. We all have at one time or another been cruel so someone; some a lot more than others but I agree i dont think he should get manslaughter but he should get the MAXIMUM punishment for violating someone privacy which still could be a still prison sentence.

Yes it's hard enough being a teen and always has been. Kids are cruel. It's to bad he did not have enough support at home to accept him for who he was.

They need to be careful with this whole hate crime thing or like said, it will get out of hand. I dont think it was a hate crime. It was a crime of violation of privacy.

[DSM4Life]

My thoughts also. Who here had NEVER teased anyone? We have all teased someone who was taller, shorter, fatter, skinnier, gay, straight, black, white boy, girl. We all have at one time or another been cruel so someone; some a lot more than others but I agree i dont think he should get manslaughter but he should get the MAXIMUM punishment for violating someone privacy which still could be a still prison sentence.

Yes it's hard enough being a teen and always has been. Kids are cruel. It's to bad he did not have enough support at home to accept him for who he was.

They need to be careful with this whole hate crime thing or like said, it will get out of hand. I dont think it was a hate crime. It was a crime of violation of privacy.

Totally agree with you but i think time they are a-changing. Maybe, just maybe if we have tougher bullying laws it would help curb tragedies like this. For example if we did have tougher laws and enforced them more (teachers not ignoring stuff) then maybe columbine would have never happened. There have been MANY more school shootings because of bulling we just never hear about them because stories like columbine trump them. So do i believe in tougher laws. The only issue i see is how are children/kids/students going to fully comprehend these laws? Is telling a 13 year old he could face life in jail going to stop him from pushing around another kid? Can that children fully comprehend what it means to life your life behind bars ?

I think its a very slippery slope.