What I find most astonishing is that in total defiance of all the testimony and evidence to the contrary, the deceased's friends and family continue to insist that he was not a bully. If systematically taunting another student, following him off the bus, punching him in the back of the head, getting your friends to surround him, and then proceeding to beat the shit out of him for no reason isn't "bullying," then what is?
I was a bully in school. Gonna admit it right off the bat. Came from the side of Inverness you don't want to be from if money is something you find desirable, and in Scotland the divisions in school have always been economic. I was a big lad, 6 foot on my 13th birthday, with big hands and my first 'stache sprouted in 7th grade. People just assumed I was a bully, and so a bully I became, mostly out of anger, jealousy, and a burning embarrassment at being so much larger than the other kids. (Hell, I was bigger than most of the teachers.) I figured "bully" was a better label than "victim," and "Beinn" was a better nickname than "fatty." I wised up eventually, realized what an utter cock I was being to a great many people, and I cut the shit out.
Not every bully deserves death. Most are just screwed up kids that will, in time, straighten the hell up.
Quick edit: "Beinn" is a school nickname I will NOT abide being called now. Beinn was an asshole and an utter dick, and I am not that person anymore. Just a quick FYI. I prefer the nickname I had in the BAF: "Kilderkin."