No, justice will be delivered if they receive a sentence that isn't "spend a few years in juvenile detention and don't ever do this again."

Enjoy getting raped in prison, scumbags.

Is it Justice or Just Ass?

tarheel07: Enjoy getting raped in prison, scumbags.

They're going to juvie, which while not good, is far from what they deserved.

VenomousDuck: No, justice will be delivered if they receive a sentence that isn't "spend a few years in juvenile detention and don't ever do this again."

One of them is 16, the other is 17.  Like it or not, one date rape is not enough to get you into "tried as an adult" territory.

Wow, a slap on the wrist. And if they'd been dealing drugs they'd have been charged as adults and gotten 20 years. Pathetic. These monsters are actually being given a chance to rejoin society after only one year.

VenomousDuck: No, justice will be delivered if they receive a sentence that isn't "spend a few years in juvenile detention and don't ever do this again."

How dare people be properly tried under the law as juveniles!

Adolf Oliver Nipples: THIS is the pride of Steubenville:

BTW didnt she start out underage, illegally?

/preemptive chris hansen.jpg

Never in my most drunken days of high school or college would I have imagined this to be alright. Maybe the parents of S-ville should focus less on sports and more on morality.

HURRRRRRR I'm Submitter and I have OPINIONS!111one!1

so where will they be playing their college ball?

/my money's on "the U" or notre dame...

ELKAY: Wow, a slap on the wrist. And if they'd been dealing drugs they'd have been charged as adults and gotten 20 years. Pathetic. These monsters are actually being given a chance to rejoin society after only one year.

The judge did.

VenomousDuck: No, justice will be delivered if they receive a sentence that isn't "spend a few years in juvenile detention and don't ever do this again."

At least one year of juvenile prison, though both can be held till they're 21.  Trent Mays gets an additional 1 year for use of a minor in nudity material, which is to be served right after his rape sentence.

Such BS

Adolf Oliver Nipples: THIS is the pride of Steubenville:

I thought it was a drunken Italian crooner.

Popcorn Johnny: How does subby know that justice was served, was he an eyewitness to the events? Fact is innocent people are found guilty and vice versa all the time. Nobody here knows if they're rapists or just kids who got some drunken, consensual pussy.

I don't think it matters because the drunkenness automatically makes it non-consensual by law, or something.

Popcorn Johnny: How does subby know that justice was served, was he an eyewitness to the events? Fact is innocent people are found guilty and vice versa all the time. Nobody here knows if they're rapists or just kids who got some drunken, consensual pussy.

The judge did.

jso2897: ELKAY: Wow, a slap on the wrist. And if they'd been dealing drugs they'd have been charged as adults and gotten 20 years. Pathetic. These monsters are actually being given a chance to rejoin society after only one year.

The judge did.

Caffeine deprivation posting fail. Reply to wrong post.

Idiots.

Football doesn't exempt you from rape laws till college.

I wouldn't have even heard of it, had Anonymous not gotten involved.

Mors: Idiots.

Football doesn't exempt you from rape laws till college.

These outcomes suggests that it at least partially insulates you from them.

I thought football was the other occupation that gave you a pass on any vile behaviour whatsoever?

Popcorn Johnny: How does subby know that justice was served, was he an eyewitness to the events? Fact is innocent people are found guilty and vice versa all the time. Nobody here knows if they're rapists or just kids who got some drunken, consensual pussy.

Trolling a thread pertaining to the brutal rape of a child? Stay classy, POS.

Never would have happened in Florida or Texas.

/The conviction, that is.

It would only be justice if they were forced to register as sex offenders. Goodbye good college or career.

Wow - so you can rape a minor and only have to do a year in jail?

This makes me wonder how those guys on "to catch a predator" can get multiple years worth of hard prison time, along with a lifetime sex offender status for simply showing up to a house containing NO UNDERAGE GIRLS.

I fully realize in both example - the guys are scum, but getting a slap on the wrist for doing the crime, and then getting your life taken away for thinking about doing the crime... wow.

How long till we see these guys in the news again for raping someone after they are out of juvenile? I'd love to see some hard data on the probability of a sexual offender doing a repeat offense X number of years after caught.

Why not just make a rule that says "if you are convicted of rape, you will have your junk cut off, and be put in a hard labor camp for 20 years -- or we hang out, your choice"  Sure it sounds harsh... but anyone who would actually rape someone isn't someone that should be allowed to take up space in what otherwise might be a good society.

Steubenville is a shiathole.

Mors: Idiots.

Football doesn't exempt you from rape laws till college.

Ohio's AG is respnding to the verdicts right now... http://www.newsnet5.com/subindex/news/news_livestream1

Lady Indica: ha-ha-guy: VenomousDuck: No, justice will be delivered if they receive a sentence that isn't "spend a few years in juvenile detention and don't ever do this again."

One of them is 16, the other is 17.  Like it or not, one date rape is not enough to get you into "tried as an adult" territory.

They could have been charged with kidnapping (they moved the victim), criminal conspiracy, etc.  And it's not 'date' rape asshat. It's rape. They even CALLED it such on the video they made. And the adults who were involved in the cover up following the rape will be very fortunate if they don't face federal prosecution.

That's the real key. This conviction paves the way for pretty much the entire school administration to do decades in prison.

Weren't the internet white knight brigades worked up that some kids were giggling on camera and were not being charged as well?  As far as I can tell the two kids were being charged and facing justice since the beginning.

Though I found it hilarious when that photo surfaced of some random kid sitting down and they circled on the picture  a .22 rifle that was on the ground behind his chair, as this was proof he needed to go to jail or something

Lady Indica: They could have been charged with kidnapping (they moved the victim), criminal conspiracy, etc.

You can't convict on charges the prosecutors didn't file...

Whole Wheat: Never in my most drunken days of high school or college would I have imagined this to be alright. Maybe the parents of S-ville should focus less on sports and more on morality.

I'm sure they consider themselves an upright Christian god-fearing community.

Of course.  Anonymous strikes and forces the hand on a case of digital manipulation while intoxicated.

Truly justice vengeance whining until things take their course then taking credit for great social justice has been served by the Internet community.