Should bullies be punished?

William (US)

If the bullying causes injury or death, then yes - however, if the bully just needs a good smack on the nose there should be no other punishment. I think bullying should be a crime in every state if a death should occur the people causing the bullying should be charged with the death of the person they bullied. It would stop other bullying around the world if they got time for their bullying.

Pilar Petroski, 12, speaks in favor of an anti-bullying bill in the Montana House Education Committee Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Helena, Mont. Petroski said the bill might make her school officials at C R Anderson Middle School in Helena, Mont., take more seriously the bullying she is victim to. The bill would make Montana the last state to enact an anti-bullying law. [Photo/IC]