Thursday, December 09, 2010

News Summary

The article is titled "B.C. girl convicted in school bullying tragedy" , and it talks about the trial of the three girls that bulled Dawn-Marie Wesley to death. In November 2000, 14 year old Dawn-Marie Wesley hanged herself after being called by three girls. Two girls where charged with uttering threats, One of them also accused of criminal harassment. The second girl accused had was not charged because of lack of evidence. The prosecutors conceded that the girls did not intend to kill her Dawn-Marie but did intend to terrorize which is against the law. Dawn-Marie's mother hopes that the ruling help bullies under stand the harm their words can inflict.

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