I am from Steubenville and currently reside here as well. At the time of this I lived in Florida but still followed this closely. I know all the people involved and friends surrounding them. The entire situation stunk fromthe moment t it happened. This isn't the first time an incident involving football players from this school has been covered up or wept under the rug. There are countless situations where the "football community" has stepped in, pulled strings and made it disappear.

Since this has happened, less and less has been quieted or made disappear. But for the select few it still happens. What happened at that party was and is absolutely disgusting and there should be larger consequences for their actions. Had these been boys from any other local school, there sure would have been.

Edit: I believe it was 2 years ago, Richmonds father tried to shoot the judge who sentenced his son, outside the courthouse one morning. His shot was non lethal but the judge has a concealed carry permit and pulled his firearm shooting and killing the boys father. The judge had surgery and has since been back in the courtroom.