Steubenville rape case: Trent Mays, Ma'lik Richmond apologize to court

[proud2BlibKansan]

After Special Judge Thomas Lipps found Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond guilty, the boys were given the chance to speak.

video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50142999n

[PearliePoo2]

1. Trent Mays never really apologized.

What the rapist punk did say, "those pictures should have never got out".
In other words, I was caught because of the photos, otherwise I would have skated on this. Fucking asshole.
Ma'lik was melting down and sobbing so bad, it was hard to even discern what he was saying, but it looked like he went over to the victim and at least tried to apologize.
Boys...your claim to fame (football) is now just a memory for you.

[Sheldon Cooper]

2. Watching Ma'lik Richmond was interesting.

If I were that girl and her family, and he started walking toward me in that way, I would have felt very threatened. He'd already assaulted me once, he'd just been found guilty of that assault, and now he's very deliberately walking toward me? Scary stuff - defendants have been known to freak out in court. But, at least he tried to apologize, I'm not sure how sincere it was, but I think he tried.

The Mays boy is a sociopath.

[Honeycombe8]

8. I believed he apologized. He seemed sorry to me, and so did his father (I saw his apology).

Now the other guy, the ringleader? That wasn't an apology, and I didn't hear remorse in his voice. His parents are probably blaming "that slut."

[monmouth3]

3. Their future (schooling, employment) looks pretty dim also..n/t

[Honeycombe8]

9. Oh, no way. Their records will be expunged because of their age.

They'll go to college, play ball, graduate, get good jobs. They'll be fine. I have a feeling the Mays guy will do something else later. That is not a good person who made a mistake, as they say.

[monmouth3]

11. This is a pretty high profile case. Soon as they say they're from Steubenville, well.....n/t

[LadyHawkAZ]

13. I don't think rape can be expunged

or the photo charge either. I saw elsewhere that they will have to register as sex offenders, which indicates that the record can't be sealed.

[Honeycombe8]

15. You are right, LadyHawk. I just heard it on CNN...they'll be required to register as sex offenders,

which will stay with them for the rest of their lives. Wow. That will seriously impact their futures. Employers now run background checks on prospective employees, and if they don't, they ask specifically about criminal convictions I think.

I hate to hear their lives will be impacted in this way. But the young girl's life will also be permanently impacted. And the boys did this to themselves. What they did was horrific.

I shudder at the thought of what happened to her. I had some good times when I was young and got passed out drunk a few nights. (shudder)

[LadyHawkAZ]

4. One has now realized he did something wrong

The other is still mad that he got caught and punished.

[Honeycombe8]

16. I'm thinking Mays was careful not to admit to anything 'cause they're going to appeal. nt

[Honeycombe8]

7. Yeah, I noticed that, too. Of course, the kind of person who could do what he did...

isn't the kind of person to take responsibility and apologize and admit his guilt. Cowardice and arrogance go together.

[stuntcat]

17. +1 yep. He only apologized to his family and team and stuff. what a

what a shit, just a living breathing walking turd.

[SoCalDem]

5. They are truly sorry...

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Sorry that they got caught and had to own up to what they did..

This time it was videoed, but it's probably not the first time they took advantage of a girl.

The real tragedy here is that no one along the line of these kids' growing-up ever got the message to them, that actions have consequences...dire ones sometimes.

Underage drinking can create a world of hurt
Unsupervised parties can lead to all sorts of dangerous behavior
Athletic prowess is not an automatic okay to do whatever you want

[Honeycombe8]

12. They should've been taught that actions have consequences. But more importantly,

they should have been instilled with a moral compass. That was the real crime. Not many people could do such a criminal and heartless thing, and then have no conscience or remorse about it, any concern for the victim, and then continue to text about it over the next day or two. That shows the Mays guy did not view the girl as a person, but rather as a thing.

The victim's mother made a statement to the court. In part of it she said something like, "a moral compass isn't something that can be taught...not by a school, a teacher, a parent. It's something you're born with or not." I think she hit the nail on the head about the problem. It wasn't that he thought he could get away with it...it was that they were able to do such a thing to begin with w/o any apparent feelings for the victim.

I do think that children can be instilled with empathy and morals, though. Not that I know that for sure.

[marions ghost]

6. Surprising

I was expecting them to get off. On the grounds that she consented by being intoxicated.

In which case I guess everyone would have cheered.

[Sheldon Cooper]

10. I think if it had been a jury trial, there's a very good chance

they would have walked away. Thank the gods it was a judge and not a jury.

[marions ghost]

14. I totally agree

yes, thank the gods.

GOOD point.