# I pit the legal community of Steubenville Ohio **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 4, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016 "2013-01-04T00:20:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/162 "2013-03-27T05:29:37Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > No. I’m hoping what he meant was that, when they look at their daughters they will see that they could be victims of the same kind of criminals that they, the parents, have been protecting or justifying, and maybe they’ll wake up. As in, ‘it could happen to my child’. I’m really hoping that’s what he meant. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/163 "2013-03-27T12:51:22Z")
> [@thirdwarning](#): > > I’m hoping what he meant was that, when they look at their daughters they will see that they could be victims of the same kind of criminals that they, the parents, have been protecting or justifying, and maybe they’ll wake up. As in, ‘it could happen to my child’. > I’m really hoping that’s what he meant. That is exactly what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/164 "2013-03-27T17:47:19Z")
Traci Lords [Claims she was also raped there, as was her mother](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/08/steubenville-rape-case-reminds-traci-lords-of-her-own-assault-in-ohio-town.html), Traci when she was 10. [Here’s a vid of her talking about it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljl_3P7btkw) ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/165 "2013-03-27T21:13:12Z")
> [@Duke\_of\_Rat](#): > > Traci Lords [Claims she was also raped there, as was her mother](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/08/steubenville-rape-case-reminds-traci-lords-of-her-own-assault-in-ohio-town.html), Traci when she was 10. [Here’s a vid of her talking about it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljl_3P7btkw) OMG, 10 years old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/166 "2013-03-28T01:29:01Z")
> [@](#): > > True. I don’t think that necessarily warrants ruining the rest of their lives, as has been suggested, though. Good point. I was thinking more on the lines of a Singapore style caning as being more appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/167 "2013-03-28T02:09:36Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/168 "2013-06-07T16:43:04Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > That seems like a pretty weak punishment–they can only be incarcerated for the term of the grand jury? Doesn’t seem like enough punishment to force someone to testify. I believe another grand jury could be called and the same questions asked. In theory it could go round and round. The reason I brought this thread back to life: > **[Exclusive: Leader of Anonymous Steubenville Op on Being Raided by the FBI](https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/06/kyanonymous-fbi-steubenville-raid-anonymous/)** > > If convicted of hacking-related charges, Deric Lostutter could get more jail time than the rapists he went after. > [@](#): > > **Leader of Anonymous Steubenville Op on Being Raided by the FBI** > “_They want to make an example of me, saying, 'You don’t fucking come after us._'” > > \ ***snip** > Lostutter may deserve more credit than anyone for turning Steubenville into a national outrage. After a 16-year-old girl was raped by two members of the Steubenville High football team last year, he obtained and published tweets and Instagram photos in which other team members had joked about the incident and belittled the victim. He now admits to being the man behind the mask in a video posted by another hacker on the team’s fan page, [RollRedRoll.com](http://RollRedRoll.com), where he threatened action against the players unless they apologized to the girl. (The rapists were convicted in March.) Later in the piece he denies hacking into the team’s website (the crime for which he was raided by M-16 toting agents) even though he was the person in the video. He faces (potential sentence, if convicted) up to ten years in prison. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/169 "2014-01-13T03:19:18Z")
> **[สล็อตเว็บตรง สมัครได้ด้วยตัวเอง เว็บใหญ่ คัดเกมสล็อตแตกง่าย](https://politicalblindspot.com)** > > แหล่งรวมสล็อตเว็บตรง ปลอดภัย100% บริการไว WG855 เว็บตรงสล็อต วอเลท ฝากถอนง่ายภายใน 5 วิ มีคนให้บริการ 24 ชั่วโมง โบนัสและเครดิตเงินคืนเพียบ > [@](#): > > Deric Lostutter, the 26-year-old “hacktivist” who leaked the evidence that led to the conviction of two of the Steubenville, Ohio rapists is now facing more time behind bars than the rapists he exposed. He’s facing ten years. And the rapist does not apologize when he gets out. > [@](#): > > Ma’Lik Richomond, 16, was just released from prison for “good behavior.” > > The Richomond family released a statement, following the release, which focused on how hard the past 16 months have been for Ma’Lik. The attorney for Ma’Lik’s rape victim noted there was no apology made to her in that statement. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/170 "2014-01-13T03:42:45Z")
If the victim didn’t want to be raped, she shouldn’t have been born a woman, obviously. This is why I unashamed describe the US as a “pro-rape” country. Because it fucking is. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/171 "2014-01-13T14:48:34Z")
No, you’re fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/172 "2014-01-13T14:50:51Z")
This country has a massive fucking problem with how it treats sexual assault in general, and the fact that this isn’t even an isolated case _should_ be a wakeup call. Instead, we have the same thing repeating and stuff like rape victims having their houses burned down as they try to flee attackers, and nothing being changed. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016/173 "2014-01-13T15:05:32Z")
Yes, we have a massive fucking problem with how we treat sexual assault. That doesn’t mean we are a “pro-rape” country. Hell, we are practically a shining beacon of the fight against sexual violent [compared to most places](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics) (including most “developed” states.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-legal-community-of-steubenville-ohio/646016.md?page=8)