Today (March 13) is the opening of the trial of two Steubenville (Ohio) High School football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl who had passed out after drinking and partying with them and some of their teammates. The media scrutiny of this trial is intense, what with a run-up that included crass social media "jokes" about the incident, a New York Times feature about the case, questions of political and police corruption, the involvement of hacktivists Anonymous and KnightSec (who twice hacked a web site supporting the football team, organized a protest at the Steubenville courthouse, and leaked a video of students joking about the incident), and a bizarre episode of the "Dr.
On Trial In Steubenville: Alleged Rapists, And A Town's Love Of High School Football
Bob Cook, Contributor, Forbes
Wed, 03/13/2013 - 8:48am
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