Punished for what exactly? Fact is no crime has been committed here.

You people make it seem as if she killed the girl when there were several contributing factors and single cause including the girls own parents and her psychological issues.

i think what disturbed me most about this, was the fact that the girl who hung herself wasn't all that bad looking, she was downright cute. i hate to see a young, cute girl die, but i do not feel sorry for her, and i don't feel anyone else should either. she wanted to die, let her, at least she's happier than when she was living. i find it more selfish for the loved one's of someone who commits suicide to cry and moan over the fact that they can't have that loved one anymore, it's ok to be sad, but it is not ok to be angry or resentful at the deceased for taking themselves away. That might sound kind of harsh, and i don't want anyone to get offended, i absolutely do not endorse suicide. i think it's a very foolish thing to do, and i find it even more foolish to base your will to live on the opinions of others. however, this girl already had a pre-existing condition, and the adults responsible blatantly played on that, in what seems like an open attempt to end her life. those sick-os should be locked away until they die and rot. i know if i was that girl's parents, those jokers would already be six feet under.

These children arent being moniterd properly and they should only talk to thier friends.
I rekon Myspace and others should be closed in the summer months.

yeah it is terrible, but they didn't commit a crime. if being mean were a crime half the USA would be arrested

i think she should be charged with harrassment and fraud.

<a href="http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/artic...pokin_1.ii1.txt" target="_blank">http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/artic...pokin_1.ii1.txt</a>

Here is the link to the article that appeared in the St. Louis publication of Suburban Journal. It is rather long but well-written and keeps your interest. If you don't want to take the time to read the whole thing I'm writing a shorter summary followed by my personal opinion about these pathetic losers.....but I suggest you read the article and get the full story.

I'm sure a lot of you heard about the 13 yr old girl who killed herself after she met a boy, Josh, on MySpace who made her believe he really liked her and then out of nowhere started calling her names, saying awful things to her, telling her she was a fat ****, etc. The girl, Meghan, had a history of depression and had self esteem issues(what 13yr old doesn't?)but hers ran a little deeper. This boy told her her friends were telling him what 'she did' and how the world would be a better place without her in it and then started posting bulletins for everyone to see calling her fat. It was more than she could take and she hung herself. It turns out this boy was actually her former best friend PARENTS(who also lived next door) who created this profile, made her believe he liked her and then turned on her. It had become an afterschool activity with the mother pretending to be Josh while her daughters friends hung out and laughed about it. These people had known Meghan for years, she had gone on vacations with them and they knew about her previous issues and they exploited them by doing this. There is a lot more to the story if you want to read the - goes into more detail about Meghan, the relationship these two families had(they were good friends) and what exactly the MySpace messages said.
The maddening thing about all of this is apparently they did not break any laws and they are not going to be charged with anything. The mother who pretended to be Josh actually said in an interview that she didn't feel guilty about Meghan's death because she had issues already. They have also had the balls to press charges against Meghan's parents for property damage they caused when they found out what had provoked their daughters death - they were actually storing a foosball table for the other family when they found out they smashed it and dumped in it their driveway and are now being charged. But the most frustrating part is the media is withholding the family's name for their protection so not only are they not being charged they don't even have to deal with their peers and society's reaction to their actions. They can just keep on lving normally and by all accounts they are without much remorse.
Personally I believe they should be charged with involuntary manslaughter or something similar. I understand it is a tricky issue but Meghan killed herself because of their words and actions. These are PARENTS of a 13 yr old daughter - what kind of morals, ethics and respect are they teaching her? How can they be so immature and selfish? They are so braindead and immature that instead of acting like adults they choose to become so involved in their 13 yr old's life they seem to have lost touch with reality. As adults this is what they do to entertain themselves? They are pathetic.
I think they need to face some kind of consequences for their actions - at the very least release their names and force them to deal with the public's wrath.
I am curious about how other people feel about this issue.

Well, as long as they haven't broken any laws, they cannot, and should not, be punished

Wow, I haven't visited this thread in awhile....or the forum for that matter - taking a little break.
For me, the important thing to keep in mind is this girl was 13. We remember being thirteen and decisions that seemed rational at the time in hindsight weren't. What makes me so sad is I am pretty sure if she would have survived she would of looked back at that incident as an overdramatic act fueled by the emotions of a young girl just entering into puberty and everything that confusing time brings with it. Something that seemed like the end of the world at the time in hindsight obviously wasn't. I was very happy when Lori Drew was arrested. This woman should pay some consequences for her role in what happened. I understand it is a thin line between a crime and someone's own reaction to what another said but I think the clincher in this case is Meghan's age. If she were 18, 19, even 16 or 17 I don't think Lori Drew would have been arrested but 13 yr olds are still so impressionable and not capable of making a mature, adult decision about something as serious as life or death, literally.

Hmm, its hard to feel for this 13 year old, they only posted some words on the internet, nothing to kill yourself over.

<a href="http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/artic...pokin_1.ii1.txt" target="_blank">http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/artic...pokin_1.ii1.txt</a>

Here is the link to the article that appeared in the St. Louis publication of Suburban Journal. It is rather long but well-written and keeps your interest. If you don't want to take the time to read the whole thing I'm writing a shorter summary followed by my personal opinion about these pathetic losers.....but I suggest you read the article and get the full story.

I'm sure a lot of you heard about the 13 yr old girl who killed herself after she met a boy, Josh, on MySpace who made her believe he really liked her and then out of nowhere started calling her names, saying awful things to her, telling her she was a fat ****, etc. The girl, Meghan, had a history of depression and had self esteem issues(what 13yr old doesn't?)but hers ran a little deeper. This boy told her her friends were telling him what 'she did' and how the world would be a better place without her in it and then started posting bulletins for everyone to see calling her fat. It was more than she could take and she hung herself. It turns out this boy was actually her former best friend PARENTS(who also lived next door) who created this profile, made her believe he liked her and then turned on her. It had become an afterschool activity with the mother pretending to be Josh while her daughters friends hung out and laughed about it. These people had known Meghan for years, she had gone on vacations with them and they knew about her previous issues and they exploited them by doing this. There is a lot more to the story if you want to read the - goes into more detail about Meghan, the relationship these two families had(they were good friends) and what exactly the MySpace messages said.
The maddening thing about all of this is apparently they did not break any laws and they are not going to be charged with anything. The mother who pretended to be Josh actually said in an interview that she didn't feel guilty about Meghan's death because she had issues already. They have also had the balls to press charges against Meghan's parents for property damage they caused when they found out what had provoked their daughters death - they were actually storing a foosball table for the other family when they found out they smashed it and dumped in it their driveway and are now being charged. But the most frustrating part is the media is withholding the family's name for their protection so not only are they not being charged they don't even have to deal with their peers and society's reaction to their actions. They can just keep on lving normally and by all accounts they are without much remorse.
Personally I believe they should be charged with involuntary manslaughter or something similar. I understand it is a tricky issue but Meghan killed herself because of their words and actions. These are PARENTS of a 13 yr old daughter - what kind of morals, ethics and respect are they teaching her? How can they be so immature and selfish? They are so braindead and immature that instead of acting like adults they choose to become so involved in their 13 yr old's life they seem to have lost touch with reality. As adults this is what they do to entertain themselves? They are pathetic.
I think they need to face some kind of consequences for their actions - at the very least release their names and force them to deal with the public's wrath.
I am curious about how other people feel about this issue.

<a href="http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/artic...pokin_1.ii1.txt" target="_blank">http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/artic...pokin_1.ii1.txt</a>

Here is the link to the article that appeared in the St. Louis publication of Suburban Journal. It is rather long but well-written and keeps your interest. If you don't want to take the time to read the whole thing I'm writing a shorter summary followed by my personal opinion about these pathetic losers.....but I suggest you read the article and get the full story.

I'm sure a lot of you heard about the 13 yr old girl who killed herself after she met a boy, Josh, on MySpace who made her believe he really liked her and then out of nowhere started calling her names, saying awful things to her, telling her she was a fat ****, etc. The girl, Meghan, had a history of depression and had self esteem issues(what 13yr old doesn't?)but hers ran a little deeper. This boy told her her friends were telling him what 'she did' and how the world would be a better place without her in it and then started posting bulletins for everyone to see calling her fat. It was more than she could take and she hung herself. It turns out this boy was actually her former best friend PARENTS(who also lived next door) who created this profile, made her believe he liked her and then turned on her. It had become an afterschool activity with the mother pretending to be Josh while her daughters friends hung out and laughed about it. These people had known Meghan for years, she had gone on vacations with them and they knew about her previous issues and they exploited them by doing this. There is a lot more to the story if you want to read the - goes into more detail about Meghan, the relationship these two families had(they were good friends) and what exactly the MySpace messages said.
The maddening thing about all of this is apparently they did not break any laws and they are not going to be charged with anything. The mother who pretended to be Josh actually said in an interview that she didn't feel guilty about Meghan's death because she had issues already. They have also had the balls to press charges against Meghan's parents for property damage they caused when they found out what had provoked their daughters death - they were actually storing a foosball table for the other family when they found out they smashed it and dumped in it their driveway and are now being charged. But the most frustrating part is the media is withholding the family's name for their protection so not only are they not being charged they don't even have to deal with their peers and society's reaction to their actions. They can just keep on lving normally and by all accounts they are without much remorse.
Personally I believe they should be charged with involuntary manslaughter or something similar. I understand it is a tricky issue but Meghan killed herself because of their words and actions. These are PARENTS of a 13 yr old daughter - what kind of morals, ethics and respect are they teaching her? How can they be so immature and selfish? They are so braindead and immature that instead of acting like adults they choose to become so involved in their 13 yr old's life they seem to have lost touch with reality. As adults this is what they do to entertain themselves? They are pathetic.
I think they need to face some kind of consequences for their actions - at the very least release their names and force them to deal with the public's wrath.
I am curious about how other people feel about this issue.

It is quite tragic in deed, but for it to hold up in court it will all fall apart because they cannot prove the Young girls emotional and physiological stability prior to the suicide so case closed, lessons learned and tragic losses…

Pavot

That's a very good point, Pavot, however one can only HOPE that there will be something in the court(s) for the parents of this girl. You know? All the unfairness that's already happened to them and their family, it's hardly fair that they have to eat it and walk away only to continue to live with nobody paying for any of it but them.

Nobody should be charged. Even if the mother intended for the girl to commit suicide.

I've bin dumped badly before...I'm not dead yet. I smoke...can't really sue the cig industry when i die because I chose to light up as the girl chose to kill herself.

That's just it, people can't go and sue other for their own stupidity, the courts just don't work that way, do you even know how full the courts would be and how grid locked the courts would be if people were suing others for their own volunteered stupidity, and mistakes made, it was wrong but that life, people are responsible for their own choices and actions and so are kids, that is life in the concrete jungle...

Pavot

And! For whatever this is worth? I think MySpace needs to be included in the accountability too! They shouldn't be allowed to go away from this unscathed. Another young woman died from another individual whom she met through MySpace.com too. MySpace doesn't do any background checking on anyone and maybe that's what needs to be implemented- not that that's a "cure all" for all the scum out there, but it's a step in the right direction.

13 or 34 it should not be against the law to hurt someone's feelings. And that's what it is to is that she hurt the girl's feelings. Myspace code of conduct is not the law of the land.

It was cruel but it wasn't against the law. The only reason that she was arrested was because the over zealous idiots at the DA's office twisted an existing law meant for hackers to arrest her despite the fact that their moronic view of the law would put millions of Americans behind bars if it was truly illegal as they say...

Anyone who says no crime was committed & that the parents of the girls former friend shouldn't be charged , sound like braindead drones to me .
Just because something isn't a law doesn't mean it shouldn't be or maybe ought to be if the world was a more sane moral place. They should have laws for this , deliberately mentally cornering someone where they see no way out but by suicide is pre-meditated indirect murder as far as I'm concerned.

I think it shows how pathetic the mother is, tbh. To act, or play some games such as that like she's still in Junior high.. she deserves something.. she should not get off clean for this. The girl's suicide (from what I understand) to some extent, was a consequence of that woman's intentional/malicious actions.

I agree with this, but would like to add more.

If you kill yourself because of some internet bully, then you dont deserve to live in the first place. That shows your gullibility, your lack of maturity, and your lack of intelligence. ITS THE DAMN INTERNET, are you kidding me?!

people these days

The mother should be charged because right off the bat she knew what had caused it. I think not for murder but for contributing to the delinquincy of minors. She should be charged for all of the children involved.

No joke. That lady need to be horse whipped. And think, if she is that careless how are her kids going to be when they are adults.