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March 18, 2013

Ohio High Schoolers Convicted in Rape Trial 
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Two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio, have been found
guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last August. On Sunday,
the teenagers, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, were convicted of
sexually assaulting the victim, who witnesses testified was too drunk to
move or speak. The case sparked a national controversy following the
emergence of images and social media postings from the night of the
assault, including one picture of the defendants holding the victim over
a basement floor.

 

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