SOURCE: "DHARUN RAVI": ORIGINAL:
"On March 16, 2012, after a trial in New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County, Mr. Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation as a hate crime... In May, Mr. Ravi was sentenced to a 30-day jail term... On June 19, Mr. Ravi left jail 20 days after beginning his sentence, having earned early release for his work and good behavior behind bars."
PARAPHRASE:
According to an article in The New York Times titled “Dharun Ravi,” cyberbully Ravi faced trial and was convicted of bias intimidation as a hate crime. The judge, however, did not find him guilty of contributing to Tyler’s suicide, sentencing Ravi to serve a mere 30-days in jail, of which he served 20.
SOURCE: SCHWARTZ: ORIGINAL:
"Society should be concerned, he said, when it appears that the government is 'prosecuting people not for what they did, but for what the victim did in response.'"
PARAPHRASE:
In The New York Times article “Bullying, Suicide, Punishment,” Professor of Law and cybercrime specialist, Orin S. Kerr, expresses his view that offenders need to be prosecuted for the crime they committed and not for how their victim responded, releasing the cyberbully of any ownership of what occurs after the offense.
SOURCE: MURPHY: ORIGINAL:
"Yet South Hadley school officials did nothing "effective" to protect Phoebe because they treated the situation as simple bullying -- which does not require schools to intervene."
PARAPHRASE:
However, as pointed out by Wendy J. Murphy in the article “Federal Law Requires Schools to Protect Children from Cyberbullying,” in the cases that the schools are made aware of the viscous attacks of cyberbullies, because they are not required to intervene in events that happen off-campus, they are hesitant to get involved.
SOURCE: "PROSECUTING CYBERBULLIES":
QUOTE: THIS IS A QUOTE, SO I DID NOT CHANGE IT FROM THE ORIGINAL:
California State Representative Linda Sanchez is quoted saying, “[W]e have laws criminalizing stalking, sexual harassment, identity theft and more when it takes place in person and online. All of these actions have consequences. But there is one serious online offense that has no penalty—cyberbullying” (“Prosecuting”).
Works Cited
"Dharun Ravi." The New York Times. N.p., 21 June 2012. Web.
05 Dec. 2012.
Murphy, Wendy J. "Federal Law Requires Schools to Protect
Children from Cyberbullying." Cyberbullying. Ed. Louise I.
Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt.
from "Suing School Would Shine Light on 'Suicide by
Bullying,'." Patriot Ledger 13 Feb. 2010. Gale Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
"Prosecuting Cyberbullies." Issues & Controversies. Facts On
File News Services, 6 Dec. 2010. Issues & Controversies.
Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
Schwartz, John. "Bullying, Suicide, Punishment." The New York
Times. The New York Times, 03 Oct. 2010. Web. 04 Dec.
2012.
"On March 16, 2012, after a trial in New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County, Mr. Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation as a hate crime... In May, Mr. Ravi was sentenced to a 30-day jail term... On June 19, Mr. Ravi left jail 20 days after beginning his sentence, having earned early release for his work and good behavior behind bars."
PARAPHRASE:
According to an article in The New York Times titled “Dharun Ravi,” cyberbully Ravi faced trial and was convicted of bias intimidation as a hate crime. The judge, however, did not find him guilty of contributing to Tyler’s suicide, sentencing Ravi to serve a mere 30-days in jail, of which he served 20.
SOURCE: SCHWARTZ: ORIGINAL:
"Society should be concerned, he said, when it appears that the government is 'prosecuting people not for what they did, but for what the victim did in response.'"
PARAPHRASE:
In The New York Times article “Bullying, Suicide, Punishment,” Professor of Law and cybercrime specialist, Orin S. Kerr, expresses his view that offenders need to be prosecuted for the crime they committed and not for how their victim responded, releasing the cyberbully of any ownership of what occurs after the offense.
SOURCE: MURPHY: ORIGINAL:
"Yet South Hadley school officials did nothing "effective" to protect Phoebe because they treated the situation as simple bullying -- which does not require schools to intervene."
PARAPHRASE:
However, as pointed out by Wendy J. Murphy in the article “Federal Law Requires Schools to Protect Children from Cyberbullying,” in the cases that the schools are made aware of the viscous attacks of cyberbullies, because they are not required to intervene in events that happen off-campus, they are hesitant to get involved.
SOURCE: "PROSECUTING CYBERBULLIES":
QUOTE: THIS IS A QUOTE, SO I DID NOT CHANGE IT FROM THE ORIGINAL:
California State Representative Linda Sanchez is quoted saying, “[W]e have laws criminalizing stalking, sexual harassment, identity theft and more when it takes place in person and online. All of these actions have consequences. But there is one serious online offense that has no penalty—cyberbullying” (“Prosecuting”).
Works Cited
"Dharun Ravi." The New York Times. N.p., 21 June 2012. Web.
05 Dec. 2012.
Murphy, Wendy J. "Federal Law Requires Schools to Protect
Children from Cyberbullying." Cyberbullying. Ed. Louise I.
Gerdes. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt.
from "Suing School Would Shine Light on 'Suicide by
Bullying,'." Patriot Ledger 13 Feb. 2010. Gale Opposing
Viewpoints In Context. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
"Prosecuting Cyberbullies." Issues & Controversies. Facts On
File News Services, 6 Dec. 2010. Issues & Controversies.
Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
Schwartz, John. "Bullying, Suicide, Punishment." The New York
Times. The New York Times, 03 Oct. 2010. Web. 04 Dec.
2012.