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It's 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 that's 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 a...

But you know, these kids, they're kids but they're not 10 years old. they're 17, 18, 16, 17, 18 years old. you know, i don't know if parents -- does a parent need to say don't rape? does a parent need to say don't threaten a rape victim with killing her? it's 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 don't know what good that would do. >> i do, jeffrey, i do think parents have an obligation to talk about sex. they do have an obligation to talk about boundaries. they have an obligation to talk about w...

>> 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 even come forward and tell us what they saw, anderson. >> it seems like that investigation now is goin...

Threats against this 16-year-old rape survivor is again, it's stunning. >> 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 goin...

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. before i play that, i want to warn our viewers that some of these tweets that he reads involve expli...