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Suicide of Phoebe Prince
Suicide of bullied American teenager
Phoebe Nora Mary Prince (November 24, 1994 - January 14, 2010) was a British-Irish student at an American high school whose suicide led to the criminal prosecution of six teenagers for charges including civil rights violations,[1] as well as to the enactment of stricter anti-bullying legislation by the Massachusetts state legislature.[2]
Prince had moved from Ireland to South Hadley, in the U.S.
state of Massachusetts.[3] Her suicide, after suffering months of bullying from school classmates, brought international attention to the problem of bullying in American schools. In March 2010, a state anti-bullying task force was set up as a result of her death.
The Massachusetts legislation was signed into law on May 3, 2010.[2]
The accused stood trial in 2011.[4][5] Sentences of probation and community service were handed down after guilty pleas on May 5, 2011.