Discussion for article #231914
He’ll get off on the Pat"BoysWillBeBoys" Robertson defense…
Frankly, they should let that girl drive around town & point out everyone who wasn’t utterly terrible to her. Then they should let her & those people relocate to a decent place. Then they should just cordon off the entire town of Steubenville and burn it & everyone in it to the ground. They’re all unsalvageable refuse.
Charges against the other four adults have been resolved
What an odd turn of phrase for a news article. What do you suppose that means, “resolved?” I had to look them up:
In April [2014], volunteer football coach Matt Belardine was sentenced to 10 days in jail for one count of making a false statement and one count of enabling underage drinking. His house was the scene of an underage drinking party that preceded the incident.
Also in April, wrestling coach Seth Fluharty was ordered to perform 20 hours of community as punishment for failing to report the rape. -Huffington Post
From a different HuffPo article:
…a teacher and coach charged with a single misdemeanor count of failure to report child abuse or neglect involving the rape will have the charge dismissed in exchange for community service at a domestic violence shelter.
Perp #4 took some looking:
A school principal charged with failure to report suspected child abuse in the wake of two Steubenville rape investigations won’t be prosecuted if she does community service work. -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1-9-2014
Meanwhile, Rapist #1
Richmond, 18, received a one-year sentence and rejoined the football team last fall [2014], and in November a judge agreed to less restrictive sex offender reporting requirements. Richmond had been ordered to register his address every six months for the next 20 years. The judge agreed to reclassify him so that he has to register only once a year for the next decade. -The Blade (Toledo)
although another article suggested that the whole “sex offender” thing could go away after “rehabilitation.”
Rapist #2:
Trent Mays was released Tuesday [1-7-2015] after serving a two-year sentence. He will be put on probationary status and will have a sex offender classification hearing, defense attorney Adam Neeman told WTOV-TV in Steubenville.
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Mays is enrolled in high school near Steubenville and hopes to resume classes soon, Nemann said. - The Blade, (Toledo)
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