Bully, part 2

I thought this movie sounded familiar, like a crime I'd heard about that happened in real life, yet I could not find anything on the box to tell me so. Does it not make it worse that this was completely based on a true story?! (It totally makes it much worse.) The back of the box sure didn't give that away:

Acclaimed director Larry Clark delivers his most powerful fiml since Kids. Marty is a tormented surfer who, despite vicious abuse, relies on his longtime pal, Bobby, for rides to the beach and local South Florida bars. When Bobby turns his unwanted attention to Marty's new girlfriend Lisa and her best friend Ally, Lisa decides Bobby's reign of terror must end. Assembling a crew of alienated suburban teens, she forms a deadly plan to get Bobby out of the way once and for all. As the conspiracy unfolds, friends turn into enemies and casual acquaintances become co-defendants to a murder that rocked America to its core.

I found pictures of the real people in the Special Features section of the DVD which is what tipped me off to this being a true story. In retrospect I see how that very last bit of the very last sentence was meant to tell me this is based on a true story, but it also could have just meant that the story shows that America as a character in the film (like "the nation") is shocked.

At the end of the film the sentences for each of the people involved with Bobby's death are shown. Marty's is listed as death by electric chair. On the Florida state inmate population site Marty's listed status is life in prison along with Donny and Hitman. Lisa, the mastermind of the plan, is said to have received life in prison for her involvement in the crime, but in actuality she served approximately 10 years then was released in 2004.

I'm still blown away that this was a true story. Much worse than Kids could have ever hoped to be.