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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. >> well, you know, the next chapter, if there is another chapter, will deal with the people around the perpetrators. we now know who committed the rape. the question is, can...

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 awful that the damage has been done long ago if kids are inclined to do that, and you know, piece of advice from parents, i dont know what good that would do. >> i do, jeffrey, i do think parents have an obligation to talk about sex. ...

>> 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 reporting on this, i sat down with the police chief here in steubenville and he told me what bothered me most about all of this, of course the rape and the fact that there were witnesses and very, very few of them would ev...

Threats against this 16-year-old rape survivor is again, its stunning. >> 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 stu...

Today for making threats toward this 16-year-old, toward the survivor of this rape. you spoke to the sheriff about those arrests. what did he tell you? >> reporter: i did, and can you believe that some of those threats started coming yesterday just about an hour after the verdict was handed down. the sheriff told me that he got calls from as far away as texas, from people who are seeing this play out on twitter. so i just got done with meeting him and he told me why he arrested these two girls. ...

So no one was surprised -- >> there was a hash tag rape and thats extraordinary to me. >> well, you know, the next chapter, if there is another chapter, will deal with the people around the perpetrators. we now know who committed the rape. the question is, can the legal system deal with anyone else, did anyone else commit crimes that the legal system can address or are we now just in the realm of like what are people like in america now. >> what does this case say to you? it speaks on so many di...

Death threat. you just saw some video what happened in court yesterday. now if you watch this program regularly you know we always try to focus on the victims of crime. obviously because of the age of the victim and the nature of the crime against her, were not using her name or showing you photographs of her. we are showing you what happened in court because that is part of the news but were leading off the broadcast with the victims mother because we believe the focus as always should be on th...

Daughter is. she will persevere, grow and move on. >> reporter: and now the city of steubenville, ohio hopes it, too, can move on. gary tuchman, cnn. >> lets dig deeper now with attorney and childrens advocate reva martin and senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. a lot of people in steubenville are focusing on their tears in the courtroom but its important to point out the victim herself didnt get a chance to speak. also, had they pled guilty, they could have gotten probably a much lesser senten...

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 would just let her be dead. >> reporter: in addition to both teenagers being found guilty of rape, trent mays was found guilty of an additional charge for a photo he took...

Elsewhere, seemingly untouchable. so much so that despite their rape convictions yesterday, they still enjoy the loyalty of many in steubenville, including two teenaged girls arrested today, accused of making online threats against the victim, including a death threat. you just saw some video what happened in court yesterday. now if you watch this program regularly you know we always try to focus on the victims of crime. obviously because of the age of the victim and the nature of the crime agai...