Steubenville rape case: Trent Mays & MaLik Richmond guilty in rape of 16-year-old, Ohio judge rules
The 17-year-old Mays and 16-year-old Richmond were charged with digitally penetrating the West Virginia girl, first in a car and then in a house. They could be held in a juvenile jail until they turn 21
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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/s...ear-old-judge-article-1.1291087#ixzz2NoEmjgVm
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Indiana closed down a town's high school's sports program because fans were shouting racial slurs from the bleachers. Well, this is way worse than name calling. This was rape combined with a conspiracy to obstruct justice. This town loved their football so much and were ready to flush a victim's rights down the toilet. Close down the sports program till 2016.
I'm conflicted about that. My initial reaction is that I agree with you. However, it was a small percentage of kids from the team who were involved in this. I'm really bothered that very few of these kids (not all of them football players) stepped forward to say anything. I'd imagine that the vast majority of players knew about this, at least second hand. (The three kids who did step forward to testify for the prosecution had to be given immunity in order to testify.)
It seems like there was/is a culture of belief that going to the police would do very little for the victim and would cause massive blowback on the reporters. So I don't know what they should really have done. The judge in the town had or still has a kid on the team and she didn't recuse herself for two weeks and then it was only because some media had latched on to the case.
It seems, from reports, that this town is rife with corruption that spreads across, just about, the entire legal system. I'd like to think I would've reported it if I knew about it. Unfortunately, the town is run by corruption and repercussions of people who report crimes (of certain people) seems to be severe.
I don't know if the fairly innocent kids should be punished for the acts of the sick :censored:
Even without charges I think the entire coaching staff should be fired and a new set brought in, at the very least. JMO
IIRC, Anonymous made some fairly serious charges involving drug dealing, a judge who thumbed her nose at Ohio law about being involved with the school board and being a judge, an assistant coach who, may have been, paying the rape crew for the deeds and pictures, and illegal gambling run by the Sheriff.
Who knows what the grand jury is going to be presented with, but I see more coming out of this. Anonymous claimed that they gathered all of their evidence legally. If that's true and they turned it all over to the FBI then there could be some serious charges and some serious jail time involved.
As far as Anonymous making it harder on the victim I disagree. IIRC, Anonymous claimed that they had contacted the family and they were grateful for the publicity they had brought to the case. Is that actually true? I don't know. I do know that I've never seen any mention that the family wanted them to stop in any articles I've read. JMO
If Steubenville were serious about putting things right, it would get rid of its school football programme. Sport is simply not as important as this school and many others have made it out to be. It's a game - something kids should do after the truly important stuff, like homework, cleaning their rooms and learning that women are not their personal sex dolls.
All of those things can be taught while playing football. The majority of coaches in high schools teach morals to their teams, IMO. It's the fanbase that needs to take a look at themselves too.
All is just my opinion.
I'm really hoping that both convicted kids serve out their terms until they are 21. I also hope they have to register as sex offenders.
Another set of videos on the case discussing future charges there are more after the initial vdeo;
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...s-in-steubenville-high-school-rape-trial?lite
