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Thats malik richmond on the left, trent mays on the right. police say the rape occurred during all-night partying on august 11th, 2012. three days later, the accusers mother went to police with a flash drive including tweets and other possible evidence. social media was abuzz with many of those same tweets and videos by fellow teens, referring to that night in a vulgar manner. this tweet read, song of the night is definitely "rape me" by nirvana. >> if that was my daughter, i wouldnt care. i wou...

Apologize to [ muted ] my family and community. thats all, sir, thank you. >> reporter: malik richmond tearfully spoke directly to the victims mother. >> i would like to apologize to you. i had no intention to do anything like that. im sorry. >> reporter: the man holding richmond is the chief probation officer for the court. >> im sorry. >> reporter: the victims life was splashed all over the internet in this photo. the picture circulated widely on social media before the trial, sparking public ...

That was their line during this entire trial. for them to be crying now, being apologetic, you know, thats not what they were saying before. >> you know, i dont know what the answer is. i dont know how you stop behavior like this. but you know, these kids, theyre kids but theyre not 10 years old. theyre 17, 18, 16, 17, 18 years old. you know, i dont know if parents -- does a parent need to say dont rape? does a parent need to say dont threaten a rape victim with killing her? its so crazy and awf...

Of their crime, the fact that they will serve a maximum of three or four years is really pretty modest. if they were adults, they could have gotten 20 years for this crime. its also important to point out, this was not a close case on the evidence. there were admissions through the social media. there were eyewitnesses to this rape and there was of course, the evidence that the victim was in fact unconscious. so no one was surprised -- >> there was a hash tag rape and thats extraordinary to me. ...

>> lets not forget the horrible influence of alcohol on all of this. the fact that so many of these kids, that the perpetrators were drunk. that is just, i mean -- >> so on top of the horror of the rape to be videotaping it or taking pictures and tweeting them out or sending them out, just a lack of thought. again, its one of those stunning cases. thats why were trying to focus on this victim tonight and we should call it really a survivor of this rape, because as the mother said, this is not go...

We all have that option to choose. this is the start of a new beginning for my daughter. i ask that you all continue to pray for her and all victims and please respect our privacy as we help our family to heal. thank you. >> reporter: pretty incredible, anderson, that broader message of hope coming from a mother of a victim who has gone through absolute hell. she said two things that really stood out to me. she said help those in need stand up for what is right. when i was here months ago first ...

>> its just, you know, it just leaves me speechless, anderson. again, i ask where are the parents, if your kids are following this court case and if youre watching this, has someone sat down to say in social media, there are consequences for your actions. taking these pictures, disseminating them, caused an additional charge for one of the defendants. making death threats, talking about a homicide on twitter is just plain stupid. in addition to being criminal conduct, which we heard the sheriff ...

We need to stress the importance of helping those in need and to stand up for what is right. we all have that option to choose. this is the start of a new beginning for my daughter. i ask that you all continue to pray for her and all victims and please respect our privacy as we help our family to heal. thank you. >> reporter: pretty incredible, anderson, that broader message of hope coming from a mother of a victim who has gone through absolute hell. she said two things that really stood out to ...

16-year-old doesnt need, you know, a lesson on what is rape but they do need to know that a girl that is intoxicated the way this young woman was is not capable of consenting to sex. that seems to be, you know, they were really confused about that concept and said she consented. you cannot consent to a sexual act or any act when you are as intoxicated as this young woman was. >> lets not forget the horrible influence of alcohol on all of this. the fact that so many of these kids, that the perpet...

--hcaptions by vitacn-- www.vitac.com >> tomorrow night, one special guest to talk about it. michael moore. thats tomorrow night on cnn morgan live. "anderson cooper" starts now. >> good evening, everyone. 10 dlok here on the east coast and authorities have 3 1/2 years to investigate this mans killing. now people where he lived in mississippi and died want to know why didnt his life count. one of whom, the victims mother, joins us tonight. yet another stunning claim in the jodi arias trial abo...