Steubenville, OH Gang Rape Case

[Duchess]

I'm not defending these kids but I do keep thinking that they are little more than children and how this is going to affect them for years to come. They used such poor judgement. I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

[NightOwl]

I'm not defending these kids but I do keep thinking that they are little more than children and how this is going to affect them for years to come. They used such poor judgement. I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

I think you're right on this one. Changing times!

Have you talked to Sphincter Cop lately? I miss him on here.

[Duchess]

Have you talked to Sphincter Cop lately? I miss him on here.

Yes, I have, he's fine, he's busy with his family & spending time with his Dad.

[NightOwl]

Have you talked to Sphincter Cop lately? I miss him on here.

Yes, I have, he's fine, he's busy with his family & spending time with his Dad.

Thanks!

[Cracker]

I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

I think you're right on this one. Changing times!

WTF?

You better hope you never pass out on a sidewalk.

[Jimbone]

I'm not defending these kids but I do keep thinking that they are little more than children and how this is going to affect them for years to come. They used such poor judgement. I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

16 years old is well past the point of understanding right and wrong, and consequences for actions.

Their lives should be destroyed, and they should serve as an example to the other losers from their shit town.

[BlueTiki]

Well they didn't believe it was an assault... they believed it was consensual, remember?

That's what scares me.

I fear these 'athlete scholars' really believe they did nothing wrong, except for the photos, to the victim.

As to registering as sex offenders . . . I'm guessing that, too, will vanish when they reach majority.

I hope the little drunken slut sues both sets of parents and the school district until they bleed.

And then takes a picture of herself and all the dough.

[HairOfTheDog]

I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

They probably wouldn't have been detected and stopped 20 years ago. They probably would have continued assaulting women. 20 years ago these little rapists and their cohorts wouldn't have had phone cams and Facebook, etc... That's what nailed them, thankfully.

I'm sick of reading about repeat offenders, those with sealed juvenile records or otherwise. I don't believe that these criminals, who expressed no remorse until sentencing, will magically get on the right path simply by doing time with other budding criminals. I hope there are conditions that must be met before they can be released. Wish some conditions could be put on their miserable parents/guardians as well; the way they dismissed the depravity of their childrens' crimes is seriously messed up.

[Jimbone]

Here's an interesting opinion piece on how bad the coverage from CNN was:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik...-coverage/

They seemed to be really focusing on how distraught the poor rapists were.

[heartbreaker6713]

I'm not defending these kids but I do keep thinking that they are little more than children and how this is going to affect them for years to come. They used such poor judgement. I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

I'm not defending these kids but I do keep thinking that they are little more than children and how this is going to affect them for years to come. They used such poor judgement. I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

I'm not defending these kids but I do keep thinking that they are little more than children and how this is going to affect them for years to come. They used such poor judgement. I also think about the fact had this happened 20 yrs. ago they never even would have been investigated & charged. I really believe that.

I don't agree with this statement that 16 year olds are little more than children for one I moved out at 16 to get out of a toxic household and I've mentioned a very similar thing happened in my high school 15 years ago where multiple young men were 16-17 and they were charged as adults. there are many things I do now as an adult I don't always think the end result out as a grown adult but that doesn't mean i didnt know what I was doing and they arent illegal in nature.

there is a Portion of your brain that isn't fully formed till mid 20s that makes stupid things sound like a great idea like driving at 70 mph and changing clothes while driving but looking back sounds stupid as hell but when your 19 that sounds like no problem. but that does mean we go around saying they were children. the laws were different years ago so maybe it would have different out come and outlooks were different then but I disagree respectively.

also looking back I am now glad it was a judge only ruling on this because I don't know if a jury would have ruled the same if they were tried as adults with a jury trial.

[Duchess]

I don't agree with this statement that 16 year olds are little more than children

I haven't had much occasion to be around 16 yr. olds so I compare them to myself at that age. I was a kid.

[BlueTiki]

They seemed to be really focusing on how distraught the poor rapists were.

Thanks for this, Jimbone.

"It was incredibly emotional — incredibly difficult even for an outsider like me to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believe their life fell apart."

And the photos and video of the attack on the victim . . . musta been easy on the eyes . . . for an outsider like you.

"Alcohol is a huge part in this."

Yeah . . . Booze MADE these douchebags assault this girl.

Yup . . . it's instant rapist (or slut), conveniently packaged in cans or bottles, for promising future consumption.

[Jimbone]

Yeah . . . Booze MADE these douchebags assault this girl.

Yup . . . it's instant rapist (or slut), conveniently packaged in cans or bottles, for promising future consumption.

It's fucking maddening, isn't it? I mean the dumb reporter is actually sympathizing with the predators.

Gobsmacked when I watched it.

Eh, then again maybe the reporter doesn't think they did anything wrong - just like the rest of the retards in Steubenville.

[Older Than Dirt]

This from CNN !


http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/justice/oh...?hpt=hp_c1

[ramseycat]

They keep showing on the news the little thugs sobbing their eyes out because they are so sorry. They are sorry they got caught and sorry they fucked up their future.

[Duchess]

I feel sorry for everyone involved. *dons flame retardant suit*

[Jimbone]

I feel sorry for everyone involved. *dons flame retardant suit*

Not very flattering to your figure, but safe

[heartbreaker6713]

sorry for the triple quote the iPad kept kicking me out I didn't preview and didn't realize it held onto previous quotes.

[Jimbone]

They keep showing on the news the little thugs sobbing their eyes out because they are so sorry. They are sorry they got caught and sorry they fucked up their future.

Well to be fair, they were sobbing when they were putting their fingers in her vagina too. Also sobbing when smacking their penises against her.

There was much sobbing it was hard to tell who was sorrier quite frankly.

[Duchess]

Thousands of people have signed a petition calling on CNN to apologize for its controversial coverage of the Steubenville rape trial.

The network drew fire on Sunday after many critics said it spent more time focusing on the damage to the lives and the "promising futures" of the two teenagers convicted of raping a girl than on what had happened to the girl herself. Though it was not alone in its emphasis on the boys, CNN received the brunt of the outrage.

The petition, which was posted to Change.org, had received over 30,000 signatures by early Monday afternoon. Petition author Gabriel Garcia tore into CNN:

That CNN decided to paint the tears of the convicted Steubenville rapists in a sympathetic light and say how their lives were ruined -- while completely ignoring the fact that the rape victim's life is the one whose life was ruined by these rapists' actions -- is disgusting and helps perpetuate a shameful culture in which young people never understand the concept of consent and in which rape victims are blamed and ostracized. Changing that culture must be done brick by brick, and it can start by heaping public shame on this major cable news network and forcing them to admit that they are wrong. Publicly.