Trouble in Steubenville...

[Pavel Bure]

I hate the news. Of course they put on someone from anon and he says something ridiculous. Great job media.

[60sixx]

Good Lord. Just sentence them already.

[DudeMan2766]

So basically the defense just blamed everyone in the defendants town and family for the situation, except for defendants.

[Kovy27]

Think about the football team. God knows that's more important.

[60sixx]

Malik's father has made the best statement so far. Taking blame, apologizing, talking about how alcohol can make you do things that will destroy your life.

[DudeMan2766]

And to think, if Twitter wasnt around today, this wouldn't even be happening. No one would have known anything.

[60sixx]

Wow............min til 18, max to 21 for Mays.

[BfromD]

Wow............min til 18, max to 21 for Mays.

To say I don't understand statutes and limits regarding minors is an understatement, but that is about 1/5th of what I would hope for given the crap that went down in this case....

[60sixx]

I'm confused--he said their sentences should be different, but I didn't heard what Richardson's sentence was.

[Kovy27]

Wow............min til 18, max to 21 for Mays.

If they were tried as adults...they'd be going for to prison for a long time. The courts did them a favor in that aspect.

[60sixx]

So the judge just said min of 1 for Richmond, min of 2 for Mays.

[Fire0nice228]

Wow............min til 18, max to 21 for Mays.

If they were tried as adults...they'd be going for to prison for a long time. The courts did them a favor in that aspect.

Which is crap..those guys knew exactly what they were doing.

[Kovy27]

Wow............min til 18, max to 21 for Mays.

If they were tried as adults...they'd be going for to prison for a long time. The courts did them a favor in that aspect.

Which is crap..those guys knew exactly what they were doing.

Yup, I agree. I also think that the coach knew about this crap and he should be brought up on charges.

[DudeMan2766]

Mays apology was a joke. "Sorry about sending pictures and video." Seriously?

[Bioshock]

These monsters showed little to no remorse. They're just sorry they got caught.

[60sixx]

These monsters showed little to no remorse. They're just sorry they got caught.

Precisely. It was pretty clear that they never DREAMED that they'd actually be found delinquent.

[Bioshock]

I don't understand the sentence though? 1 year for he first guy and 2 years for the second guy? And then a maximum of 21 years? I'm confused.

[60sixx]

No, the max is until they turn 21 years old.

[Bioshock]

No, the max is until they turn 21 years old.

That's... a pathetic sentence...

[Pavel Bure]

Does this put them in the sex offenders list now or because they're minors save them from it.

[60sixx]

I think the judge says that they have to register as "youth sex offenders," but I'm assuming that once they're adults, that goes away.

[Pavel Bure]

I also don't like the credit for time served portion.

[Bioshock]

So, all in all, if things go right for these guys, they could be off completely free with nothing legal following them by the age of 21 at the latest?

Wow...

[bhaw]

1. that's not just THESE guys. that's how the system works, so being mad at them for it is misplaced
2. this became a pretty big national story. So to say nothing will follow them might be true legally, but it's definitely going to follow their reputation.

[Rylan]

1. that's not just THESE guys. that's how the system works, so being mad at them for it is misplaced
2. this became a pretty big national story. So to say nothing will follow them might be true legally, but it's definitely going to follow their reputation.

yep