“For readers interested in learning more about how not to be labeled as registered sex offenders, a good first step is not to rape unconscious women, no matter how good your grades are. Regardless of the strength of your GPA (weighted or unweighted), if you commit rape, there is a possibility you may someday be convicted of a sex crime. This is because of your decision to commit a sex crime instead of going for a walk, or reading a book by Cormac McCarthy. Your ability to perform calculus or play football is generally not taken into consideration in a court of law. Should you prefer to be known as “Good student and excellent football player Trent Mays” rather than “Convicted sex offender Trent Mays,” try stressing the studying and tackling and giving the sex crimes a miss altogether.”
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CNN Reports On The ‘Promising Future’ of the Steubenville Rapists, Who Are ‘Very Good Students’
Although it must be said, high GPAs and being good at football actually often does influence how rapists are perceived in court and does decrease the chance they’ll be convicted. I think what most people find stunning in this scenario is that for once, the evidence was so egregious and incontrovertible that the court didn’t have any choice but to convict these “nice boys.” If it hadn’t been for the rapists’ own pictures and videos of the incident, the charges probably would never have made it to court and the boys would have gotten off with raping a teenage girl, as the vast majority of rapists do.