Steubenville High School Students Guilty in Rape Case, Grand Jury Could Mean Additional Charges [VIDEO]: CNN 'Promising Future' Report

Yesterday, Trenton Mays and Ma'lik Richmond were found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl due to a mountain of evidence comprised of YouTube videos, text messages, Facebook photos, and Twitter posts leaked by a group of hackers. The two former football stars could face more charges now that a Grand Jury is set to meet next month to review more evidence for other charges. For now though, these teenagers are looking at juvenile detention (1 and 2 year sentences).

Another strange occurrence is that news network CNN had covered the guilty verdict and took an interesting approach. The clip below shows a side of the story that not a lot of people would presume to be taken and shown on a national news network. Basically, CNN covers the sad side of Mays and Richmond's conviction, saying this verdict will ruin their "promising future[s]." The report also shows excerpts from the trial where the convicted rapists each apologize, crying as they do so. Here is the clip:

Mstarz reported on the "Steubenville Rape Case" earlier this year. Here is an excerpt from the article that details the accusations and the case in general:

In the video, Nodianos laughs and compares the rape victim to being "deader" as Oj Simpson's wife, Caylee Anthony, JFK, and Trayvon Martin. Only one person in the video could be heard telling the laughing teen that it wasn't a laughing matter, "It is rape. They raped her." He added, "Like, this is not like funny... what if that was your daughter?" Nodianos responded, "But it isn't. If that was my daughter, I wouldn't care. I would just let her be dead. And is it really rape if you don't know if she wanted to or not? She might have wanted it. That might have been her final wish."

Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, both 16-year-old students at Steubenville High School face one charge of rape and one charge of kidnapping. Mays is also accused of taking graphic photos of the victim and posting them on Facebook. Photos of the victim being carried out from party to party were taken and had been posted online. Nodianos tweeted during the ordeal saying, "Some people deserve to be peed on" and he later also tweeted, "Song of the night is definitely Rape Me by Nirvana."
When the victim returned home, her parents found her discombobulated and took her to the hospital.