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Increasingly, neuroscientists, psychologists and educators believe that bullying and other kinds of violence can indeed be reduced by encouraging empathy at an early age. Over the past decade, research in empathy — the ability to put ourselves in another person's shoes — has suggested that it is key, if not the key, to all human social interaction and morality.

Without empathy, we would have no cohesive society, no trust and no reason not to murder, cheat, steal or lie. At best, we would act only out of self-interest; at worst, we would be a collection of sociopaths.
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Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1982190,00.html#ixzz0lPGtgzQq
 
Sunday April 18 2010
THE Facebook photograph shows Sean Mulveyhill and Katie Broderick laughing with each other at the local school dance in South Hadley, Massachusetts, just two days after their Irish schoolmate, Phoebe Prince, 15, took her own life. Dressed in a tuxedo and ballgown, the handsome 17-year-old football player and his pretty young friend look as though the girl who didn't get to go to the dance is very far from their minds.

Their indifference was matched by that of many of their classmates. The day after Phoebe died, Mulveyhill's friend Ashley Longe, 16, referred to Phoebe in an especially callous message on her Facebook page: "She brought it on herself." On other websites, offensive messages posted about Phoebe were subsequently taken down.

At the time it appeared that nothing would be done about this online taunting. Phoebe's family had her body cremated and brought home to Co Clare, and locals in Massachusetts believed that the young people who had bullied her would go unpunished.
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A pre-trial conference in the cases of Mulveyhill, Narey and Austin Renaud, who is charged with statutory rape, is set for June 29, meaning the defendants will not appear in court until a September 15 pre-trial hearing unless special proceedings are scheduled in the interim. If convicted, Renaud and Mulveyhill could face up to life imprisonment.

A source at the Northwestern District Attorney's office in Massachusetts, which is prosecuting the case, told the Sunday Independent that her office was "extremely confident" of securing convictions in all cases.
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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/an...y-2142478.html
 
Here's a link to a forum discussing formspring, apparently Phoebe was bullied on foamspring.
[ame="http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=5710771"]Formspring controversy - The PokéCommunity Forums[/ame]
 
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB) -- Austin Renaud, who is one of six teenagers facing charges in connection with the alleged bullying of Phoebe Prince, has been arrested early Sunday for drunken driving.
According to the HHolyoke Police Department arrest log, Renaud, 18, of 185 Garland St., Springfield, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. on Northampton Street.

According to MassLive.com, Renaud had failed a breathalyzer test at the Holyoke Police Station after being arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and was released after posting $40 bail. Renaud has been scheduled to be arraigned on a charge of operating under the influence of liquor Tuesday in Holyoke District Court.
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http://www.wggb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12336448
 
Holyoke police chief Anthony Scott told 22News with no financial implications for this boy it makes it very hard for him to take this seriously.

Chief Scott points to the fact Renaud was allegedly breaking the law just 14 days after being indicted on statutory rape charges involving Pheobe Prince.

Chief Scott said, "I believe if there was a bail and some of his parents money had been held on the condition of his release pending trial I believe he would have taken this more seriously."
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http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/local/renaud's-rape-charge-not-hurt-by-dui
 
Accompanied only by his lawyer. No parents by his side, 18 year old Austin Renaud pleaded not guilty to charges of driving under the influence in Holyoke District Court. Renaud was arrested by Holyoke police around 3 o'clock Sunday morning after they found him in his car on the side of Route 5. Police say Renaud's car was damaged, he had bloodshot eyes, and had a blood alcohol of twice the legal limit
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http://www.cbs3springfield.com/news/local/91643789.html
 
"Mom: Bullying suicide case saved my daughter
Woman saw signs, intervened after learning about Phoebe Prince"

The words were hauntingly similar to what Phoebe Prince was reported to have said before the 15-year-old committed suicide.

"My daughter said things like, 'I can't go on,' and 'Nobody will help me and nobody can help me,' " recalled Carla Carey of Foxboro, Mass.

For months, Carey's daughter had reported harassment by a classmate to school officials, who said they looked into her complaints but could not corroborate the incidents. Then a recent spate of calls, which Carey overheard, left her daughter in tears — and sounding like Prince.
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Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/366862...#ixzz0lkJPQcor
 
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Phoebe Prince and the people who mercilessly picked on her were not children. They were teenagers, young adults fully aware of the impact their actions had. They knew it wasn’t O.K. to call her an Irish *advertiser censored*. They knew that throwing cans at her as she walked home would be frowned upon. Most importantly, they knew after Phoebe went home on Jan. 14 and committed suicide, it had something to do with their immature, callous bullying.
Recently, six teenagers and three juvenile students were charged in connection with her death. As widely reported, teachers and peers saw Phoebe being harassed and did nothing to help, these bystanders essentially sentenced Phoebe to a grim end simply by turning a blind eye.
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Great piece but there's an error in the "9"...I believe we have determined the 3 juveniles are included in the 6...

http://www.eldononline.org/views/sta...yone-1.1375978
 
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