https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prosecutions-in-phoebe-prince-school-bullying-case-sputter-out/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 09 May 2011 11:11:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prosecutions-in-phoebe-prince-school-bullying-case-sputter-out/comment-page-1/#comment-119922 Mon, 09 May 2011 11:11:56 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22917#comment-119922 There is something amiss in Massachusetts. The Boston newspapers started the priest scandal that led to big paydays for lawyers. Poor Father Shanley was convicted on the evidence of repressed memory with that nonsense validated by an incompetent appellate court. We all know that girls attempt suicide more often than boys, and the boys are more effective at it. The girls death is tragic but far from remarkable. The citizens of Massachusetts are witch-trial nuts.

]]> https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/05/prosecutions-in-phoebe-prince-school-bullying-case-sputter-out/comment-page-1/#comment-119917 Mon, 09 May 2011 10:27:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=22917#comment-119917 So if the prosecuters bully the alleged bullies by filing crazy charges threatening to destroy thier lives for doing things in a manor common in schools across the US (i.e. not very nice, but not much different from things other people did that nobody ever seemed to notice), the prosecuters get the same (or greater, as “responsible” adults) punishment, right?

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