Summary: Four more arrests were made on Monday in connection to the Ohio rape case that took place in August 2012. A sixteen year old girl was raped by two football players-who are currently serving sentences in jail-and the entire incident was documented by other teenagers on Twitter and other social media outlets. The new indictments include the superintendent on charges of obstruction of justice and failure to report child abuse. The controversy in the case surrounds the fact that no one reported the initial rape incident until two days later when the girl's parents gave the police a flash drive containing photographic evidence from the night and text messages sent between the teenagers involved.
Analysis: First of all, I would just like to say that rape is disgusting and one of the worst crimes a person can commit. That being said, I'm happy to hear that adults connected to this case have been indicted. The full article goes into detail about the texts exchanged between the two football players and their coach, who said he would "take care of it". He hasn't been indicted and it's makes me mad because he is clearly "obstructing justice" and "failing to report child abuse" in these conversations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/us/steubenville-school-superintendent-indicted-in-rape-case.html?ref=us
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