This is becoming too much now. I feel really bad for all parties involved, because not only was someone taken advantage of, but they are young and this is a situation that’s going to follow them for the rest of their lives. The two teenagers, Ma’lik Richmond and Trent Mays were found guilty of raping and teen, while she was past the point of inebriation. After everything was said and done – we thought – the prosecution comes back with another whammy. They are charging 16 other teens in this case for not giving any information when detectives needed it. The charges will be anywhere from failure to report a felony and/or failure to report child abuse. Sad. Drop down bottom for more on the story.
Uh-Oh!! Verdict In on Steubenville Rape Case?!?!
In the case of Trent Mays (17) and Ma’lik Richmond (16) they both have been found guilty of raping a girl at a wild party in celebration of the high school football team in Steubenville. The girl was intoxicated to the point of being unconscious when the boys began to perform sex acts on the girl. Witnesses at the party had varying accounts of what happened. Some said that the girl was fighting off anybody that tried to take her away from the boys, while others say that was impossible because the girl was sleeping. Either way she was definitely too intoxicated to consent and the boys should have known better. Today they learned the hard way, as they both were found guilty of the crime and will serve two years mandatory for Mays and one year for Richmond. It’s really sad to see these youths be ruined by the system, but if you do the crime, you have to do the time. Hit the jump for more.
