Police in Canada charged two young men with distributing child pornography in the cyberbullying case of a girl who committed suicide after images of her being raped were passed around on the Internet.

17-year old Rehteah Parsons was taken off life support days after she hanged herself at the family home in Nova Scotia.  Prior to that, authorities largely sloughed off her case and dismissed the photo as evidence, even though she was a minor.  The cops now say they were acting on “new” evidence.

The arrests came the day after the province of Nova Scotia implemented a new law permitting victims of cyber-bullying to sue bullies or their parents, if the suspects are minors.

Rehtaeh's parents said news of the arrests brought them some solace, though the girl's father expressed disappointment that his daughter never saw justice served.

“She's dead now. She's gone,” Glen Canning said.

This is hardly a rare case. 14-year-old Hannah Smith from Leicestershire, UK recently killed herself after being targeted on the website ask.fm.  Last October, 13-year old Erin Gallagher of Ballybofey, Ireland took her own life after being targeted by Internet cowards.  And these are just a few cases in the largely unaddressed problem of cyberbullying.