Ohio teens face jail time in rape case

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Two members of the high school football team that is the pride of Steubenville were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl in a case that bitterly divided the Rust Belt city and led to accusations of a cover-up to protect the community's athletes.

Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012.

Trent Mays, 17, enters the courtroom before Judge Thomas Lipps pronounced Mays and co-defendant, Ma'lik Richmond, 16, delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday.

Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father, Brian Mays, after Trent and co-defendant Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday.

Ma'lik Richmond, left, is helped by Fred Abdalla Jr., chief probation officer for the Jefferson County juvenile court, as he cries while apologizing to the victim and her family after he and co-defendant Trent Mays were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday.

Nathaniel Richmond, the father of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, standing second from left, apologizes to the victim and her family as defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, places his hand on the shoulder of his client Trent Mays, 17, after Richmond and Mays were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday.

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Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012.

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