Photos: Juvenile rape case verdict announced in Steubenville, Ohio
March 17, 2013
From left, Defense attorney Adam Nemann, his client, defendant Trent Mays, 17, defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond and his attorney, Walter Madison, listen to testimony during Mays and Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( APTOPIX Football Players Rape Charges )
Judge Thomas Lipps arrives to preside over the trial of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond and 17-year-old Trent Mays on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Richmond and Mays are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Family members console each other as Judge Thomas Lipps (not shown) delivers the verdicts in the trial of Ma'lik Richmond, 16 and Trent Mays, 17, in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Ma'lik Richmond (R) reacts as the verdict is read in the juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio, Trent Mays (white shirt, back to camera), 17, and Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Trent Mays' father hugs him after hearing the verdict in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 17, 2013. Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a drunk classmate as she lay naked on a basement floor, too drunk to move or speak. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Trent Mays is comforted by defense attorneys as he listens to the verdict in his trial at the juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio, Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Defense attorney Walter Madison (R) comforts Ma'lik Richmond (L) as Richmond reacts to the verdict during his trial at the juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio, Trent Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Trent Mays (L) reacts as the verdict is read in the juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio, Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Two protestors hug after hearing the verdict in the trial of Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond outside the juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, two members of Steubenville's "Big Red" football team, were found delinquent in the sexual assault of the girl in the early morning of Aug. 12 when witnesses said she was too drunk to move or speak. REUTERS/Jason Cohn ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Protesters, who did not want to be identified, hold signs outside of the Jefferson County Justice Center and Jail in Steubenville, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. About 20 other demonstrators stood outside the justice center with signs and masks protesting the rape trial of Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, accused of of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/The Plain Dealer, Lisa DeJong) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Protesters wait to hear the verdict in the trial of Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond outside the juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, two members of Steubenville's "Big Red" football team, were found delinquent in the sexual assault of the girl in the early morning of Aug. 12 when witnesses said she was too drunk to move or speak. REUTERS/Jason Cohn ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Ma'lik Richmond, left, is helped by Fred Abdalla Jr., chief probation officer for the Jefferson County juvenile court, as he reacts while apologizing to the victim and her family in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 17, 2013. Trent Mays and Richmond were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Ma'lik Richmond covers his eyes and cries as his attorney Walter Madison, standing, asks the court for leniency after Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays, lower left, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( APTOPIX Football Players Rape Charges )
Ma'lik Richmond, (C), stands with his father, Nathaniel Richmond, (L) and attorney Walter Madison in Juvenile Court in Steubenville, Ohio March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio, Trent Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Nathaniel Richmond, the father of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, (2nd L) apologizes to the victim and her family as defense attorney Adam Nemann (L) places his hand on the shoulder of his client Trent Mays, 17, in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla talks to members of the media and protesters after the verdict in the rape trial of Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond was announced in Steubenville, Ohio March 17, 2013. Two high school football players from Ohio, Mays, 17, and Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media. REUTERS/Jason Cohn ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Activists from the online group KnightSec and Anonymous protest at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio on Jan. 5, 2013. Two high school football players go on trial this coming week on charges of raping a nearly passed-out-drunk 16-year-old girl during a night of partying in Steubenville. Around the football-powerhouse city, some are demanding to know why at least three other teens aren't facing charges, too. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, File) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Prosecuting attorney Brian Deckert (R) holds up a photograph in evidence for witness and Bureau of Crime Investigation Special Agent Ed Lulla (L) in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 14, 2013. One of two high school football players in Ohio accused of raping a girl at a party last summer had pictures of the teen on his cell phone from that night, a state forensic analyst testified on Thursday. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Two plastic cups are seen on a rail in juvenile court before the start of the third day of the rape trial for Trent Mays , 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Defense council used the cups later during testimony to demonstrate the drinking game beer-pong. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Prosecuting attorney Marianne Hemmeter, left, looks at evidence during the rape trial for 17-year-old Trent Mays and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. Presiding Judge Thomas Lipps is visible at right. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Prosecuting attorney Brian Deckert, right, asks Bureau of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Ed Lulla about an evidence bag containing a blanket during a night session in the rape trial of Trent Mays, 17, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Jefferson County Deputy Sherriff Ellen Berger, left, listens as prosecuting attorney Marianne Hemmeter, right, asks questions during the rape trial for 17-year-old Trent Mays and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Defense attorney Walter Madison, left cross-examines states expert witness, forensic scientist Laureen Marinetta, right, as Judge Thomas Lipps, center, listens on the fourth day of the rape trial against Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Lipps later heard both sides closing arguments and said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table during a recess of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Trent Mays (L) and Ma'lik Richmond (R) sit in juvenile court during a recess in Steubenville, Ohio, March 14, 2013. The judge deciding the fate of two high school football players in Ohio accused of raping a drunk classmate last summer will hear more testimony on Thursday from prosecution witnesses - and more sharp questioning from defense attorneys - as the trial enters its second day. REUTERS/Keith Srakocic/Pool ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Ma'lik Richmond, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial for Ma'lik and co-defendant Trent Mays on rape charges on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The pair are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( APTOPIX Football Players Rape Charges )
Trent Mays, 17, arrives for the start of his trial in juvenile court, where he and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, face rape charges on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012 (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Ma'lik Richmond, 16, left, and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, right, walks around in the court room during a break on the fourth day of the juvenile trial for he and co-defendant on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
A group of protesters stand outside juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, March 14, 2013. Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, are on trial accused of raping a drunk classmate as she lay naked on a basement floor, too drunk to move or speak. REUTERS/Jason Cohn ( USA-CRIME/OHIO )
Activists from the online group KnightSec and Anonymous protest at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio on Jan. 5, 2013. Two high school football players go on trial this coming week on charges of raping a nearly passed-out-drunk 16-year-old girl during a night of partying in Steubenville. Around the football-powerhouse city, some are demanding to know why at least three other teens aren't facing charges, too. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, File) ( Football Players Rape Charges )
Trent Mays, 17, left, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table before the start of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool) ( APTOPIX Football Players Rape Charges )
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