Your thought process (tentatively using the term...) is HORRENDOUSLY backwards. This wasn't a minor infraction, that girl will feel the impact of THEIR decisions and actions forever. No one chose to ruin anyone's life, except for the boys/men who CHOSE to rape a young girl. Shit.

#notallmen
pfft.

Yeh, because rape is such a light decision to make. Why, if it's non-legitimate it has no effect on the rape victim whatsoever! Why, we should give these boys medals for pointing out the injustice of the state prosecuting criminals regardless of age. Had they murdered someone, we should have had a regular parade…

I understand how the justice system works just fine, thank you very much, but I don't have any sympathy for the chucklefucks that raped and paraded around a passed out drunk, half naked girl because they thought it was a fun way to spend the night. What I don't understand is why you think I and others on here should…

>It should be a tough decision for the state to destroy the life of a child.

Wow, you're pretty committed to your self delusion. At the end, the entire school and town covers for him and she is shunned. What do you think happened?

It shouldn't have been any harder than it was for these guys to ruin their victims life, and it seemed like that was pretty easy for them.

Well, in this case it WAS cut an dry. Coaches knew about it that night and covered for them. There were photos and videos of teammates narrating the attack. The prosecutor's son was a Steubenville teammate and she tried to convince the victim's family not to press charges. Adults were covering for them at every…

Steubenville was a real tipping point for me. I have two young daughters and am so angry that the world is such an unfair place for them.

The Federal Justice System seems to follow that narrative. The guy who exposed it had his house raided and he's facing ten years in prison. One of the Steubenville guys is already out, (Ma'Lik Richomond). He gave a great non-apology about his victimization.

Ugh, god that made (and still does) me so unbelievably angry. I do not understand people who think and say such things; that reaction. Because there is literally no question that they are rapists and sex offenders - there is video and picture evidence - so what is the problem? Why do people feel bad for these boys who…

Sadly, these news pundits reflected the views of most of the Steubenville population. The perps were protected and the victim was practically run out of town.

There are lots of date rape songs in country music. They call them "Love Songs."

How dare you? If you don't mind, they'd rather we refer them only as 'star football players with bright futures'.

Dunno. I heard Taylor Swift's "Fifteen" all the time, but the difference there is that 15 blames the girl for being a dumb gullible slut who will never go to college.

I generally dislike songs with a "mesage" because they are usually trite and pandering but this was really simple and well written. Do you suppose the stations are afraid to play it?

On the last quote- but... They ARE sex offenders. It's accurate. It's not like they drunkenly peed in public. ITS AN ACCURATE THING THAT THEY ARE.

Seeing those kids take the girl's side at the end...if only these things turned out that way in real life.

OH THOSE POOR RAPISTS :(

Finally. Thank you for thinking of the victim(s), Kira.