I have seen Bully and read the book. The way he behaved, I really couldn't feel much sympathy for him being murdered. But while it was based on a true story, the writers really only had the word of the murderers as to what he was really like. The stupidity of those kids really blew my mind. I think I remember them going more into it in the book, how none of them or their parents seemed to grasp the seriousness of what they did. They were all acting like murder was just a stupid mistake someone makes as a kid, and they couldn't believe how hard the law was coming down on them.