This case isn't over, I heard there will be a grand jury seated to find out about 16 others that have not been willing to discuss their involvement.
Steubenville Rape Trial Verdict: Trent Mays, Ma'lik Richmond Found Guilty
Posted: 03/17/2013 10:14 am EDT
A judge announced on Sunday that the defendants in the Steubenville rape trial were found guilty.
Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond had been accused of sexually assaulting a female acquaintance while she was severely intoxicated. Video and photo footage from the night of the incident spread across the internet soon after, drawing national attention to the case.
Mays and Richmond, both football players at Steubenville High School, received delinquent verdicts on all three charges. Delinquent is the guilty equivalent for juveniles. They were both convicted of digitally penetrating the West Virginia girl, and Mays was also found guilty of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material. The boys will serve their sentence at a juvenile detention facility until they turn 21.
The defendants and their family members openly wept at the verdict.
The victim, who has not been identified, testified in court on Saturday that she did not remember the attack, but that she remembered waking up naked in a house she did not recognize. Other members of the small Ohio community also testified against the defendants.
Here's more on the case from the AP:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/17/steubenville-rape-trial-verdict_n_2895541.html?ncid=webmail1
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