Results: High School Football Rapists
Two high school football players have been found guilty for raping a 16 year old girl at a party last summer while she was intoxicated. One of the boys then took nude photos of the young lady and posted it on online for people to view. The boy who took the pictures was sentenced to a minimum of 2 years, while the other boy was sentenced to a minimum of one year. However, it is possible that they will both remain confined until the age of 21. Although the boys have been sentenced, many people argue that the news coverage often sympathized with the convicted rapists and focused on their "lost potential."
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1.
Do you agree that the news often portrayed the football players as victims?
Yes, the news often seemed to sympathize with the football players
33%
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610 votes
No, the news coverage did not seem biased
14%
•
261 votes
I am not sure
19%
•
344 votes
Sometimes I noticed that the news sympathized with the football players
12%
•
215 votes
N/A
22%
•
414 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
•
9 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.11% | 2 | |
| it works both ways. sometimes they don't even give them benefit of the doubt. | 0.05% | 1 |
| due the crime pay the 99 | 0.05% | 1 |
| this is the problem the news should only report the news we do not need their opinion | 0.05% | 1 |
| just because they play football does not make them god! | 0.05% | 1 |
| did not see news coverage | 0.05% | 1 |
| didn't see the coverage ... but there is a tendency to make the prepertrator seem to be the victim | 0.05% | 1 |
| most young girls put themselves out there so "football" players think they're asking for it! | 0.05% | 1 |
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Many people are arguing that the football player's lives are ruined. Do you agree with this? No, the football players lives are not ruined. They abused a young woman and must face the consequences
53%
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983 votes
Yes, the football players had a lot of potential and will lose a lot of opportunities
18%
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337 votes
I am not sure
11%
•
208 votes
N/A
16%
•
293 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
32 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| if their lives are ruined--it's thier own fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| not ruined enough | 0.05% | 1 |
| they should have gotten more time. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes they may be ruined but they have to pay the price for what they did. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes, but they should be. | 0.05% | 1 |
| they violated a young helpless girl, sentence should have been much longer. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes, the football players lives are ruined but they brought it upon themselves. | 0.05% | 1 |
| their lives are ruined, but it is their own doing | 0.05% | 1 |
| there lives may be ruined but they seserve what they get | 0.05% | 1 |
| i am not familiar with the coverage on this story but it sounds like maybe they ruined their own lives, not to mention the girls.... | 0.05% | 1 |
| 0.05% | 1 | |
| both your comments in the yes and no are valid ... they must face the consequences which includes lost opportunities | 0.05% | 1 |
| if it is ruined,they deserve it | 0.05% | 1 |
| good | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes they should be ruined, they ruined the girls. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes, the football players had potential. and will probally lose alot of opportunities, thus bein because of the adult decision they made that night. why is everyone so worried about the rape hounds? what about what the girl has to lose. or has lost!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| everyone involved, rapists and their victim, have now had their lives destroyed. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes, their lives will be messed up, possibly forever, but it is deserved. | 0.05% | 1 |
| their lives are not ruined, but the life of the girl is and was! | 0.05% | 1 |
| are they forgetting that the young girls life is destroyed! they need to get their priorities straight! | 0.05% | 1 |
| if their lives are ruined then it is their own doing | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes although i think, their sentences are fair being placed on the sex offender registry is cruel and unusual punishment. after they pay for their crimes, they should be given a second chance. | 0.05% | 1 |
| who cares? they obviously weren't thinking about their future, while they were destroying someone else's life! | 0.05% | 1 |
| due the crime pay 99 | 0.05% | 1 |
| they did it to themselves | 0.05% | 1 |
| if their lives are ruined it is there own fault they need to be accountable and responsible for their own actions. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes, their lives are ruined. however, it's their own damn faults. | 0.05% | 1 |
| they made the decision to do irreparable harm to a young girl. yes, they ruined their own lives and hers! she will never be the same again mentally and that can also cause physical damage as well. they are concerned about their futures and do not car | 0.05% | 1 |
| their lives are ruined, but that does not mean we should feel bad for them. they made poor decisions that lead to it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes their lives are ruined but they deserve that | 0.05% | 1 |
| yes they are ruined and good | 0.05% | 1 |
| while i believe their lives may be ruined, i believe they ruined them with their actions and must face the consequences of those actions | 0.05% | 1 |
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3.
Do you think that the sentences were fair? Yes, the sentences was fair
24%
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443 votes
No, the sentence was not fair. They should be sentenced longer for their crime
45%
•
825 votes
I am undecided
30%
•
565 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
20 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| n/a | 0.16% | 3 |
| 0.11% | 2 | |
| yes although i think, their sentences are fair being placed on the sex offender registry is cruel and unusual punishment. after they pay for their crimes, they should be given a second chance. | 0.05% | 1 |
| why should their sentences be any different than anyone else's that may have done the same crime! | 0.05% | 1 |
| there is no sentence as of yet, if there was it was not mentioned | 0.05% | 1 |
| i did not hear about the sentence...i wish they wolves are severely punished.. | 0.05% | 1 |
| f | 0.05% | 1 |
| it was posted online so everybody can watch it so this girls life will be so open for anyone that looks online | 0.05% | 1 |
| they should be sentenced like any other person who rapes a minor! | 0.05% | 1 |
| the boy getting 1 yr should get a longer sentence than the one who gets 2.also incarcerated til 21 would be way too much for their ag ;.2 yrs each i would think right. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i think the sentences were too harsh. | 0.05% | 1 |
| all the kids were guilty because they were all drunk and doing things they wouldn't normally do. don't think the boys need to be registered sex offenders their entire lives. | 0.05% | 1 |
| they took pictures think about that could be your sister mother luck they where not shot have seen all of people for revenge kill | 0.05% | 1 |
| a term in prison, followed by many hours of community service, to give them a sense of social morals. | 0.05% | 1 |
| i would have to hear more facts | 0.05% | 1 |
| they should be sentenced shorter. what about the girl...she was intoxicated and didn't even recall being raped until she saw the photos. | 0.05% | 1 |
| should have gotten longer | 0.05% | 1 |
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4.
Members of the group anonymous protested outside of the courthouse, as they believed that the case was being covered up by the police. Do you believe that the case was being covered up? Yes
27%
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498 votes
No
17%
•
310 votes
Undecided
44%
•
817 votes
Not Applicable
12%
•
228 votes
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