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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 reporting on this, i sat down with the police chief here in steubenville and he told me what bothere...

>> it's 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 you're 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 in this town say he's going to prosecute and take very seriously, so i hope that this is a wake-up...

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 me. she said help those in need stand up for what is right. when i was here months ago first reporti...

16-year-old doesn't 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. >> let's 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 videotapin...

--hcaptions by vitacn-- www.vitac.com >> tomorrow night, one special guest to talk about it. michael moore. that's 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 man's killing. now people where he lived in mississippi and died want to know why didn't his life count. one of whom, the victim's mother, joins us tonight. yet another stunning claim in the jodi arias trial about why she's so fuzzy on the details. can stabbing, shooting and slashing somebody just slip you...