<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - rape</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rape</link><description>Newsvine - rape</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:53:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:05:05 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NY librarian, Mass. official accused of NY plot</title>
<description><![CDATA[A police official at a Massachusetts veterans hospital and a former New York City high school librarian were charged in a plot to kidnap, rape, torture and kill women, children and infants, authorities said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764794-ny-librarian-mass-official-accused-of-ny-plot</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764794-ny-librarian-mass-official-accused-of-ny-plot</guid><category>us</category><category>plot</category><category>rape</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>kidnap-rape</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:09:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Grand jury now seated in Ohio football rape case</title>
<description><![CDATA[An eastern Ohio grand jury will begin work in about two weeks to investigate whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two high school football players last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17756235-grand-jury-now-seated-in-ohio-football-rape-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17756235-grand-jury-now-seated-in-ohio-football-rape-case</guid><category>us</category><category>players</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>football-players</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:21:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Congo: 12 army officers to be charged with rapes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A dozen senior officers in the Congolese army have been arrested for responsibility for mass rapes committed by several army units in eastern Congo in November 2012, Congolese Justice Minister Wivine Mumba told The Associated Press Saturday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Melanie Gouby]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Melanie Gouby]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17736036-congo-12-army-officers-to-be-charged-with-rapes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17736036-congo-12-army-officers-to-be-charged-with-rapes</guid><category>congo</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>associated-press-saturday</category><category>wivine-mumba</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:57:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>School district sues woman who recanted rape claim</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Long Beach Unified School District is suing a woman who falsely accused a former high school football star of rape in hopes of recovering legal fees and a $750,000 settlement paid to her.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17728558-school-district-sues-woman-who-recanted-rape-claim</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17728558-school-district-sues-woman-who-recanted-rape-claim</guid><category>us</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>rape</category><category>challenged</category><category>us-news</category><category>conviction</category><category>long-beach-unified-school-district</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:56:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Somalia president admits rapes by security forces</title>
<description><![CDATA[After months of denial, Somalia's government has for the first time acknowledged that its security forces were involved in rape cases that drew an international outcry by human rights groups.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdi Guled]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdi Guled]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672508-somalia-president-admits-rapes-by-security-forces</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17672508-somalia-president-admits-rapes-by-security-forces</guid><category>somalia</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 16:17:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UCLA water polo player arrested on rape allegation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Officials say a UCLA water polo player has been arrested after a female acquaintance reported that he raped her in a campus residence hall.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17662498-ucla-water-polo-player-arrested-on-rape-allegation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17662498-ucla-water-polo-player-arrested-on-rape-allegation</guid><category>us</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>allegation</category><category>ucla-water-polo</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 03:13:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Lawyer: Delhi rape suspect's arm broken in jail</title>
<description><![CDATA[A man accused in the fatal gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December was beaten so badly in jail that his arm was broken, a defense lawyer said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17615869-lawyer-delhi-rape-suspects-arm-broken-in-jail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17615869-lawyer-delhi-rape-suspects-arm-broken-in-jail</guid><category>india</category><category>gang</category><category>rape</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>gang-rape</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 13:33:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cornell wrestler charged with raping woman</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Cornell University wrestler accused of raping another student as she slept was arrested after the victim's companion snapped pictures of the young man lying on the bed, his pants partway down, and then looked his name up on the athletic department website, police say.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Kekis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Kekis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17599894-cornell-wrestler-charged-with-raping-woman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17599894-cornell-wrestler-charged-with-raping-woman</guid><category>us</category><category>rape</category><category>cornell-university</category><category>us-news</category><category>ivy-league</category><category>cornell</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 14:19:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51c6c9fb-ad94-4051-b1b7-778799a3b6a7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=51c6c9fb-ad94-4051-b1b7-778799a3b6a7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo provided by Ithica Police shows Peter Mesko of Honesdale, Pa.  Mesko, a 22-year-old Cornell University wrestler, has been charged after a woman said she woke up to find him raping her, and the woman's partner later took a photo that led to his arrest. Mesko, of Honesdale, Pa., was charged Tuesday, April 2, 2013 with first-degree rape and was freed on $5,000 bail.  (AP Photo/Ithica Police) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Students: Censure NY college prof for rape blog</title>
<description><![CDATA[A University of Rochester professor's hypothetical question about whether the rape of an unconscious person should be illegal has led to demands he be censured or fired.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carolyn Thompson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carolyn Thompson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17599603-students-censure-ny-college-prof-for-rape-blog</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17599603-students-censure-ny-college-prof-for-rape-blog</guid><category>us</category><category>professor</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>comment</category><category>some-university</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 13:56:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Houston man accused of impregnating 11-year-old</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Houston man has been accused of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old neighbor who became pregnant and gave birth this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Graczyk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Graczyk]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416013-houston-man-accused-of-impregnating-11-year-old</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17416013-houston-man-accused-of-impregnating-11-year-old</guid><category>us</category><category>rape</category><category>mother</category><category>us-news</category><category>preteen</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:45:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2561d8b-4ffe-4e9c-8b59-3ac9f4fd911f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e2561d8b-4ffe-4e9c-8b59-3ac9f4fd911f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deandrea Devon Davis-Williams appears in the 338th State District Court in Houston on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The 21-year-old has been accused of repeatedly raping an 11-year-old neighbor who became pregnant and gave birth earlier in the week. Davis-Williams was arrested late Tuesday night and charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Family of Tulsa megachurch leader plead no contest</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two employees of a Tulsa megachurch received five-year deferred sentences and no jail time Friday after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of waiting two weeks to report the August rape of a 13-year-old girl on ministry property.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Juozapavicius]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Juozapavicius]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415967-family-of-tulsa-megachurch-leader-plead-no-contest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/22/17415967-family-of-tulsa-megachurch-leader-plead-no-contest</guid><category>us</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>church</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>unreported</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:39:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ohio teens released in Twitter threat case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Ohio teens accused of making online threats against a rape victim have denied the charges and been released on house arrest.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402958-ohio-teens-released-in-twitter-threat-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17402958-ohio-teens-released-in-twitter-threat-case</guid><category>us</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>ohio-supreme-court</category><category>two-ohio</category><category>football-players</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:08:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abc78465-445c-4714-b483-71e38822bb2f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=abc78465-445c-4714-b483-71e38822bb2f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;AP10ThingsToSee - Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'Lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Court lifts gag order on India gang rape trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[A court ruled Friday that Indian media will now be allowed to cover the trial of four men accused in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December, a defense lawyer in the case said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17400241-court-lifts-gag-order-on-india-gang-rape-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17400241-court-lifts-gag-order-on-india-gang-rape-trial</guid><category>india</category><category>rape</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>gang-rape</category><category>india-parliament</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:07:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In Ohio case, social media is a double-edged sword</title>
<description><![CDATA[In sentencing two high school football players to juvenile jail terms for raping a drunken girl, Judge Thomas Lipps issued a cautionary note to children and parents, urging them to reconsider "how you record things on the social media so prevalent today."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375686-in-ohio-case-social-media-is-a-double-edged-sword</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375686-in-ohio-case-social-media-is-a-double-edged-sword</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>rape</category><category>social-media</category><category>football-players</category><category>thomas-lipps</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:29:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ohio AG: threats against rape victim must stop</title>
<description><![CDATA[A girl who was raped by two high school football players is being victimized by threats against her on Twitter, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday as he demanded an end to such postings.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17362290-ohio-ag-threats-against-rape-victim-must-stop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/18/17362290-ohio-ag-threats-against-rape-victim-must-stop</guid><category>us</category><category>players</category><category>charges</category><category>rape</category><category>west-virginia</category><category>us-news</category><category>mike-dewine</category><category>football-players</category><category>steubenville-high-school</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:43:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4c92fcd-3786-46eb-89bf-5e5d8c6d70a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4c92fcd-3786-46eb-89bf-5e5d8c6d70a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, right, answers questions about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter and Prosecutor Brian Deckert joined DeWine. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5726c39-b5cd-4688-a80e-bc26fe04b564.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5726c39-b5cd-4688-a80e-bc26fe04b564.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father, Brian Mays, after Trent and co-defendant Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71277257-7522-4e41-aa67-941070187749.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71277257-7522-4e41-aa67-941070187749.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'Lik Richmond covers his eyes and cries as his attorney Walter Madison, standing, asks the court for leniency after Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays, lower left, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a63ec783-f390-4c8a-af91-b14a94a0bd76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a63ec783-f390-4c8a-af91-b14a94a0bd76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'Lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>6 Indians accused of raping Swiss appear in court</title>
<description><![CDATA[Six men accused of raping a Swiss tourist who was cycling with her husband in central India were produced in court Monday and charged with gang rape.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chonchui Ngashangva]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chonchui Ngashangva]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17336737-6-indians-accused-of-raping-swiss-appear-in-court</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/16/17336737-6-indians-accused-of-raping-swiss-appear-in-court</guid><category>india</category><category>rape</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>tourist</category><category>gang-rape</category><category>madhya-pradesh</category><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:41:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=255f523d-a732-4936-aeda-ce04277655e4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=255f523d-a732-4936-aeda-ce04277655e4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Swiss woman, center, who was gang raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, is escorted by policewomen for a medical examination at a hospital in Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Thirteen men were detained and questioned in connection with the attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said. The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees ($185), Gurjar said. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67860d94-c010-4454-b4e6-ab70fd9562cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67860d94-c010-4454-b4e6-ab70fd9562cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Swiss woman, center, who, according to police, was gang-raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, is escorted by policewomen for a medical examination at a hospital in Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Thirteen men were detained and questioned in connection with the attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said. The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees ($185), Gurjar said. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=849b3c0e-57ad-4d7c-a276-25cc0e89a81f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=849b3c0e-57ad-4d7c-a276-25cc0e89a81f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Swiss woman, center, who, according to police, was gang-raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, is escorted by policewomen for a medical examination at a hospital in Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Thirteen men were detained and questioned in connection with the attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said. The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees ($185), Gurjar said.  The woman's face was concealed with a hood, a common practice in India, where law does not allow rape victims to be identified publicly to protect them from the stigma attached to rape in the conservative country.(AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97efd988-21d7-45ab-8e5a-3ffca18e2f12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=97efd988-21d7-45ab-8e5a-3ffca18e2f12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A security officer inspects the site where a Swiss woman was reportedly gang raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, near Orchcha, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Saturday, March 16, 2013. Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in connection with the latest attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e172926-52d5-43ab-a867-4257213fdffd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e172926-52d5-43ab-a867-4257213fdffd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Indian children participate in a protest against child abuse and rising crimes against women, in Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, March 16, 2013. India has seen outrage and widespread protests against rape and attacks on women and minors since a fatal gang-rape of a young woman in December on a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital. In the most recent case, a Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=859e0bf9-b2bc-40d2-82c5-4c8dc59a7794.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=859e0bf9-b2bc-40d2-82c5-4c8dc59a7794.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Indian children participate in a protest against child abuse and rising crimes against women, in Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, March 16, 2013. India has seen outrage and widespread protests against rape and attacks on women and minors since a fatal gang-rape of a young woman in December on a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital. In the most recent case, a Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said. Placard reads &quot;our safety is your responsibility.&quot; (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de72d77d-65ae-4858-9478-2ccf3aaa803d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de72d77d-65ae-4858-9478-2ccf3aaa803d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 16, 2013 file photo, a Swiss woman, center, who, according to police, was gang-raped by a group of eight men while touring by bicycle with her husband, is escorted by policewomen for a medical examination at a hospital in Gwalior, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Indian police said they arrested five men Sunday, March 17, 2013 in connection with the gang rape. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84ec6a58-fdd2-405c-be01-bb0059346c13.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84ec6a58-fdd2-405c-be01-bb0059346c13.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Sunday, March 17, 2013 photo, five men, faces covered, who are among the six accused of raping a Swiss tourist who was cycling with her husband in central India, stand at a police control room after they were detained, in Datia, India. The attack occurred Friday night as the Swiss couple camped in a forest in Datia district. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dutch Supreme Court rules a 'tongue kiss' not rape</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Dutch Supreme Court narrowed its definition of rape Tuesday, saying that a "forced tongue kiss" should no longer be considered among the worst forms of sexual assault.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Corder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283557-dutch-supreme-court-rules-a-tongue-kiss-not-rape</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283557-dutch-supreme-court-rules-a-tongue-kiss-not-rape</guid><category>eu</category><category>netherlands</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>dutch-supreme-court</category><category>definition</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:09:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family</title>
<description><![CDATA[The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem exam aimed at determining whether he committed suicide or was killed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17280735-body-of-dead-indian-rape-defendant-given-to-family</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17280735-body-of-dead-indian-rape-defendant-given-to-family</guid><category>india</category><category>rape</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>gang-rape</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:15:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92a33db0-36e7-4550-ad7b-1f55cf13365a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92a33db0-36e7-4550-ad7b-1f55cf13365a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mangelal Singh, the father of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, speaks to journalists as his mother weeps at the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e3bd5de-26a9-492c-946b-36788af6550c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e3bd5de-26a9-492c-946b-36788af6550c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Unidentified relatives of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, walk with Singh's mother outside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=399a2d6f-c3c4-4752-8284-dc05492b12e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=399a2d6f-c3c4-4752-8284-dc05492b12e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;V.K. Anand, lawyer of Ram Singh, a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a 23-year-old student aboard a New Delhi bus addresses the media outside a hospital in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Singh committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, police said, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=699cf4f3-9993-4846-b109-838ab062798c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=699cf4f3-9993-4846-b109-838ab062798c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mangelal, the father of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, speaks to journalists as  his mother looks on at the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8139f44b-21cc-43a3-83eb-a4d717699dc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8139f44b-21cc-43a3-83eb-a4d717699dc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists outside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e3461f7-5843-4acc-a9f8-40c2148d22c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e3461f7-5843-4acc-a9f8-40c2148d22c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists inside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0523445a-a9fb-450f-95db-35cf9f38f695.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0523445a-a9fb-450f-95db-35cf9f38f695.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Unidentified relatives of Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus , carry Singh's body in to a waiting hearse outside a mortuary in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The body of the man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem exam aimed at determining whether he committed suicide or was killed. (AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bfd9fbf6-64b5-4b73-848f-a994626a9378.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bfd9fbf6-64b5-4b73-848f-a994626a9378.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified relative of Ram Singh, accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, quarrels with neighbors after they refused to grieve with the family or help them after Singh's death, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Singh had committed suicide in an Indian jail on Monday, although his lawyer and family alleged foul play.  (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=186d5406-a9d6-47ac-a606-ce05ec4cbcb8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=186d5406-a9d6-47ac-a606-ce05ec4cbcb8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Unidentified relatives of Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus, carry Singh's body in to a waiting hearse outside a mortuary in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem exam aimed at determining whether he committed suicide or was killed.(AP Photo/ Mustafa Quraishi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ohio AG could target football coach, host of party</title>
<description><![CDATA[The head football coach at Steubenville High School and the owners of a house where an infamous 12-minute video was filmed could be investigated as Ohio prosecutors look into how adults responded to allegations of rape last year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17273483-ohio-ag-could-target-football-coach-host-of-party</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17273483-ohio-ag-could-target-football-coach-host-of-party</guid><category>us</category><category>football</category><category>players</category><category>charges</category><category>rape</category><category>west-virginia</category><category>us-news</category><category>rust-belt</category><category>two-ohio</category><category>football-players</category><category>football-players-rape</category><category>steubenville-high-school</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:53:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a69972f4-70f0-4011-8d5a-14c56358b05d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a69972f4-70f0-4011-8d5a-14c56358b05d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table before the start of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday,  March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio.    Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5ef9384-b0b0-4aae-af64-20a1146473de.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="352" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5ef9384-b0b0-4aae-af64-20a1146473de.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table before the start of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cda9419a-674b-425a-8139-c94d9a399331.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="462" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cda9419a-674b-425a-8139-c94d9a399331.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, arrives for the start of his trial in juvenile court, where he and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, face rape charges on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio.  Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3af3f77-e7d2-4294-812a-e4383c7c4777.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="460" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3af3f77-e7d2-4294-812a-e4383c7c4777.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, 16, arrives for the start of his trial in juvenile court, where he and Trent Mays, 17,  face rape charges on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio.  Richmond and Mays are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012.  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb4342a0-5153-4fc3-8dc4-894134c381c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb4342a0-5153-4fc3-8dc4-894134c381c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Judge Thomas Lipps arrives to preside over the trial of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond and 17-year-old Trent Mays on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio.  Richmond and Mays are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adf411be-0e4b-4f05-b839-273b18b29cf5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adf411be-0e4b-4f05-b839-273b18b29cf5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table before the start of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Wednesday,  March 13, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio.  Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last August 2012  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a117085f-3a3c-4ab6-bf8e-891e68c1fa52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a117085f-3a3c-4ab6-bf8e-891e68c1fa52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Defense attorney Adam Nemann, his client, defendant Trent Mays, 17, defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond and his attorney, Walter Madison, listen to testimony during Mays and Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eac37c8f-ad18-4af2-ac54-0d6193935b5b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eac37c8f-ad18-4af2-ac54-0d6193935b5b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table during a recess  of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eb613192-511d-44d8-a696-88423e661466.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eb613192-511d-44d8-a696-88423e661466.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecuting attorney Marianne Hemmeter, left, looks at evidence during the rape trial for 17-year-old Trent Mays and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. Presiding Judge Thomas Lipps is visible at right. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=466dcb84-44b5-49c7-a6c4-2588c42d2044.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=466dcb84-44b5-49c7-a6c4-2588c42d2044.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17,  enters court for the second day of his and co-defendent 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4f0c15e-bbc0-48ef-b158-4da28ad77108.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4f0c15e-bbc0-48ef-b158-4da28ad77108.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="223" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, 16,  enters court for the second day of his and co-defendent 17-year-old Trent Mays trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10e8ca2d-a4b6-4461-821b-c1ca130a17e1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="299" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10e8ca2d-a4b6-4461-821b-c1ca130a17e1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="205" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, 16, left, talks defense attorney Walter Madison during testimony at Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays (not shown) trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c96f69c-9cd4-40fb-8f37-9bee18f079d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="335" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c96f69c-9cd4-40fb-8f37-9bee18f079d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Defense attorney Adam Nemann, his client, looks over evidence with defendant Trent Mays, 17, center, and defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond during Mays and Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4adaa69-5ae4-46a7-85dd-a634687fb054.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f4adaa69-5ae4-46a7-85dd-a634687fb054.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit at the defense table during a recess of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e1827d6-57ee-46f9-84f9-63d016eaf2af.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4e1827d6-57ee-46f9-84f9-63d016eaf2af.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS NAME TO AARON ELLENBERGER, NOT ELLEN BERGER - Jefferson County Deputy Sheriff Aaron Ellenberger, left, listens as prosecuting attorney Marianne Hemmeter, right, asks questions during the rape trial for 17-year-old Trent Mays and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc127ec0-a66c-4f3e-8724-b7c2d23a508a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fc127ec0-a66c-4f3e-8724-b7c2d23a508a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Defense attorney Adam Nemann, his client, defendant Trent Mays, 17, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond listen to testimony during Mays and Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76e3c077-02f7-4bbd-965b-c2372dc75a20.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=76e3c077-02f7-4bbd-965b-c2372dc75a20.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, cross examines Bureau of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Ed Lulla during a night session in the rape trial of Trent Mays, 17, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b14be00-79f2-4ae2-9a7e-a90c95593c74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="147" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9b14be00-79f2-4ae2-9a7e-a90c95593c74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="44" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, left, cross examines Bureau of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Ed Lulla during a night session in the rape trial of Trent Mays, 17, and16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps, center, presides. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af6a183e-d33b-445b-8b6e-8df86a30b497.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=af6a183e-d33b-445b-8b6e-8df86a30b497.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecuting attorney Brian Deckert, right, asks Bureau of Criminal Investigation Special Agent Ed Lulla about an evidence bag containing a blanket during a night session in the rape trial of Trent Mays, 17, and 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd44c28e-118a-4c0b-8c1a-301e4896164c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dd44c28e-118a-4c0b-8c1a-301e4896164c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, is reflected in the screen of a leptop as he sits at the defense table during a recess of his and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=26579a7a-1b42-416d-84dc-9a5e0a2b1634.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=26579a7a-1b42-416d-84dc-9a5e0a2b1634.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit in court before the start of the third day of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c75011e0-4c81-4918-81aa-5e05ec3a2e76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="348" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c75011e0-4c81-4918-81aa-5e05ec3a2e76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="105" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit in court before the start of the third day of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a157fa8-5e12-4b56-a41f-d2265b12e29e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a157fa8-5e12-4b56-a41f-d2265b12e29e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, enters court before the start of the third day of his trial he with co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond (not seen) on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0730f5c0-0a5e-4f20-a747-1cd0c44de82d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="326" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0730f5c0-0a5e-4f20-a747-1cd0c44de82d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond sit in court before the start of the third day of their trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=377a6d91-2928-44b5-b26b-a7fec3c98ff6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=377a6d91-2928-44b5-b26b-a7fec3c98ff6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, 16, enters court before the start of the third day of his trial with co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, (not seen) on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28ba0bc0-1ac1-4fd2-91a6-125dafb7b3f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="239" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=28ba0bc0-1ac1-4fd2-91a6-125dafb7b3f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Two plastic cups are seen on a rail in juvenile court before the start of the third day of the rape trial for Trent Mays , 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Defense council used the cups later during testimony to demonstrate the drinking game beer-pong. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August of 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dee42356-9ba3-46a9-9748-1788034fd12a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dee42356-9ba3-46a9-9748-1788034fd12a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, defendant Trent Mays, 17, his defense attorney Adam Nemann, and co-defendant ,16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond get up to leave their trial on rape charges more than 13 hours after the start of their third day in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0659eb8-12dd-41ce-80d0-830605777bf2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="491" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a0659eb8-12dd-41ce-80d0-830605777bf2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, returns after a recess for the night session of his trial with co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, background, during the third day of Mays' and Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Friday, March 15, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. They are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e8c45c1-c07d-401f-b45a-3e3a0a7b72b8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e8c45c1-c07d-401f-b45a-3e3a0a7b72b8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, talks with one of his defense lawyers, Brian Duncan before the start for the fourth day of his and co-defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=432c6d63-926d-4544-adb6-952c14590339.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=432c6d63-926d-4544-adb6-952c14590339.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, enters court for the fourth day of his and co-defendent defendant 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond 's trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9704e491-6967-4190-a009-79d5a958556b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9704e491-6967-4190-a009-79d5a958556b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;MaysMa'lik Richmond, 16, enters court for the fourth day of his and co-defendent, 17-year-old Trent  Mays trial on rape charges in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ecd2bd55-8bf8-49ff-9239-b28ed9828d9f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="472" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ecd2bd55-8bf8-49ff-9239-b28ed9828d9f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="142" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;MaysMa'lik Richmond, 16, right, talks with hsia attorner Walter madison as they enter court for the fourth day of his and co-defendant, 17-year-old Trent  Mays trial on rape charges  in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf5a7f91-11e7-41b5-8694-5c647515a32d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="341" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bf5a7f91-11e7-41b5-8694-5c647515a32d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, 16, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, on rape charges  in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=315404bb-db80-47fc-856e-d5d5c0704be7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="181" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=315404bb-db80-47fc-856e-d5d5c0704be7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="55" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, left cross-examines states expert witness, forensic scientist Laureen Marinetta, right, as Judge Thomas Lipps, center, listens on the fourth day of the rape trial against Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, in juvenile court on Saturday, March 16, 2013, in Steubenville, Ohio. Mays and Richmond are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August, 2012. Lipps later heard  both sides closing arguments  and said he would render a decision on Sunday morning, March 17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32718533-19f1-4fce-8515-8037950b6ef6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="397" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=32718533-19f1-4fce-8515-8037950b6ef6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="119" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, top, hugs his mother Daphne Birden, after closing arguments were made on the fourth day of the juvenile trial for Ma'lik and co-defendant Trent Mays on rape charges on Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Steubenville, Ohio. The pair are accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012.  (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffc5d8e2-b3a7-401a-89b7-64c9a5152a90.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="463" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffc5d8e2-b3a7-401a-89b7-64c9a5152a90.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="139" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, enters the courtroom before Judge Thomas Lipps pronounced Mays and co-defendant, Ma'lik Richmond, 16, delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99e6426a-7bcc-4367-8e49-c19108551704.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=99e6426a-7bcc-4367-8e49-c19108551704.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father after Trent and co-defendant Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05754810-7dd8-4751-bb37-7738f0b6f89e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="502" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=05754810-7dd8-4751-bb37-7738f0b6f89e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="151" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, center, stands with his father, Nathaniel Richmond, left, and attorney Walter Madison after he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6d2dafb-0795-4ece-96a3-47fb1188c3e8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6d2dafb-0795-4ece-96a3-47fb1188c3e8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90cf08cc-441d-4d5d-8e79-80cc83e640d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=90cf08cc-441d-4d5d-8e79-80cc83e640d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eb7ab3ce-2433-4a36-a72d-515a861efb16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eb7ab3ce-2433-4a36-a72d-515a861efb16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father, Brian Mays, after Trent and co-defendant Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a238b3ab-f643-43d5-9704-2fac75119bb3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a238b3ab-f643-43d5-9704-2fac75119bb3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond covers his eyes and cries as his attorney Walter Madison, standing, asks the court for leniency after Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays, lower left, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a64f4acb-b5ac-4cbd-ae89-a2cf099f980e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a64f4acb-b5ac-4cbd-ae89-a2cf099f980e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'lik Richmond, left, is helped by Fred Abdalla Jr., chief probation officer for the Jefferson County juvenile court, as he cries while apologizing to the victim and her family after he and co-defendant Trent Mays were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04524c75-c12f-4702-811f-e9e23b07d0b8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04524c75-c12f-4702-811f-e9e23b07d0b8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, stands and apologizes to the victim and her family after he and co-defendant Ma'lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. Judge Thomas Lipps is at right. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea3da0a5-6dac-4e75-a681-52c2a7747388.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea3da0a5-6dac-4e75-a681-52c2a7747388.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Judge Thomas Lipps talks from the bench to the families of Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond after he pronounced them delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84a10a73-19e2-4e02-aff0-a324078f6748.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=84a10a73-19e2-4e02-aff0-a324078f6748.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Family and extended family members of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond console each other as they hear that he and co-defendant Trent Mays, 17, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=da27f140-4e71-4542-9b71-386647cad8f8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="511" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=da27f140-4e71-4542-9b71-386647cad8f8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Judge Thomas Lipps arrives in court where he pronounced Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'lik Richmond, 16, delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=830336f4-7faa-492c-90ba-7753daf7ac2e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=830336f4-7faa-492c-90ba-7753daf7ac2e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Nathaniel Richmond, the father of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond, standing second from left, apologizes to the victim and her family as defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, places his hand on the shoulder of his client Trent Mays, 17, after Richmond and Mays were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3384780-2303-4d68-9a13-c06310b34491.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3384780-2303-4d68-9a13-c06310b34491.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Prosecutor Brian Deckert, left, and Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter listen to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. DeWine spoke about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4c92fcd-3786-46eb-89bf-5e5d8c6d70a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c4c92fcd-3786-46eb-89bf-5e5d8c6d70a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, right, answers questions about the successful prosecution of two juveniles in a rape case during a news conference Sunday, March 17, 2013, at the Jefferson County Justice Center in Steubenville, Ohio. Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter and Prosecutor Brian Deckert joined DeWine. Judge Thomas Lipps ruled Sunday that Steubenville High School students Trent Mays, 17, and Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were guilty of raping a 16-year-old Weirton, W.Va., girl after an alcohol-fueled party in August 2012. (AP Photo/Steubenville Herald-Star, Michael D. McElwain, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5726c39-b5cd-4688-a80e-bc26fe04b564.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5726c39-b5cd-4688-a80e-bc26fe04b564.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Trent Mays, 17, left, gets a hug from his father, Brian Mays, after Trent and co-defendant Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71277257-7522-4e41-aa67-941070187749.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71277257-7522-4e41-aa67-941070187749.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ma'Lik Richmond covers his eyes and cries as his attorney Walter Madison, standing, asks the court for leniency after Richmond and co-defendant Trent Mays, lower left, were found delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a63ec783-f390-4c8a-af91-b14a94a0bd76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a63ec783-f390-4c8a-af91-b14a94a0bd76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defense attorney Walter Madison, right, holds his client, 16-year-old Ma'Lik Richmond, second from right, while defense attorney Adam Nemann, left, sits with his client Trent Mays, foreground, 17, as Judge Thomas Lipps pronounces them both delinquent on rape and other charges after their trial in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Mays and Richmond were accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in August 2012. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Body of dead Indian rape defendant given to family</title>
<description><![CDATA[The body of a man who died in a New Delhi jail while in the midst of a high-profile rape trial was released to his family Tuesday after a post-mortem exam aimed at determining whether he committed suicide or was killed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17192533-body-of-dead-indian-rape-defendant-given-to-family</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17192533-body-of-dead-indian-rape-defendant-given-to-family</guid><category>india</category><category>rape</category><category>new-delhi</category><category>international-women</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>gang-rape</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 10:59:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e576b4d8-117e-4701-bfa8-07ed2e078b01.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e576b4d8-117e-4701-bfa8-07ed2e078b01.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012 file photo, Indian students shout slogans during a protest rally in Hyderabad, India. The main suspect in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman on a New Delhi bus, an attack that horrified Indians and set off national protests, committed suicide in jail Monday, March 11, 2013 police officials said. The brutal attack on Dec. 16 2012 set off nationwide protests about India's treatment of women and spurred the government to hurry through a new package of laws to protect them. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c25efbb-a787-4f09-8801-09ebb5c2652e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9c25efbb-a787-4f09-8801-09ebb5c2652e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists outside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92a33db0-36e7-4550-ad7b-1f55cf13365a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=92a33db0-36e7-4550-ad7b-1f55cf13365a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mangelal Singh, the father of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, speaks to journalists as his mother weeps at the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8227acbb-4d04-4af1-b232-9b84e49e1ddf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8227acbb-4d04-4af1-b232-9b84e49e1ddf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists inside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e3bd5de-26a9-492c-946b-36788af6550c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e3bd5de-26a9-492c-946b-36788af6550c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Unidentified relatives of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, walk with Singh's mother outside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=399a2d6f-c3c4-4752-8284-dc05492b12e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=399a2d6f-c3c4-4752-8284-dc05492b12e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;V.K. Anand, lawyer of Ram Singh, a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a 23-year-old student aboard a New Delhi bus addresses the media outside a hospital in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Singh committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, police said, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=699cf4f3-9993-4846-b109-838ab062798c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=699cf4f3-9993-4846-b109-838ab062798c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mangelal, the father of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, speaks to journalists as  his mother looks on at the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed2826ca-63f9-4c7d-b571-8081beca86fe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="396" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed2826ca-63f9-4c7d-b571-8081beca86fe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="155" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;V.K. Anand, lawyer of Ram Singh, a man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a 23-year-old student aboard a New Delhi bus addresses the media outside a hospital in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Singh committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, police said, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=61f5e1e7-2dc4-4025-ac73-e4d216669322.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=61f5e1e7-2dc4-4025-ac73-e4d216669322.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Delhi state police officer stands near the house of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35b828bc-d286-43e0-b0f8-b7c07653000c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35b828bc-d286-43e0-b0f8-b7c07653000c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An unidentified relative of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, walks with Singh's mother as his father Mangelal, second right, follows behind outside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb8fdab6-7159-4e99-9ca4-21201303cddc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="237" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb8fdab6-7159-4e99-9ca4-21201303cddc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;An ambulance comes out as media persons stand outside the Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide at the Tihar jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41bc744a-6a49-4d25-8f5c-971bb5b10ee9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41bc744a-6a49-4d25-8f5c-971bb5b10ee9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Delhi state police officers stand near the house of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8747e24a-9c60-461a-b8af-3bde6eeac380.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="260" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8747e24a-9c60-461a-b8af-3bde6eeac380.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Indian police men stand outside the Tihar Jail, the largest complex of prisons in South Asia, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide at the Tihar jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=796b5bc2-8ec2-48bb-92ed-ddb236d706d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=796b5bc2-8ec2-48bb-92ed-ddb236d706d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Delhi state police officers stand near the house of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which the 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f4e023f-aefa-4609-adc6-070ea4f8b963.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1f4e023f-aefa-4609-adc6-070ea4f8b963.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Delhi state police van believed to be carrying an unknown number of suspects accused of the gang rape and murder of a woman in December, 2012, arrives at the district trial court in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8139f44b-21cc-43a3-83eb-a4d717699dc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8139f44b-21cc-43a3-83eb-a4d717699dc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists outside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e3461f7-5843-4acc-a9f8-40c2148d22c5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e3461f7-5843-4acc-a9f8-40c2148d22c5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The mother of Ram Singh, the man accused of driving the bus on which a 23-year-old student was gang raped in December 2012, cries as she speaks to journalists inside the family's home in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 11, 2013. Indian police confirmed that Ram Singh, one of the men on trial for his alleged involvement in the gang rape and fatal beating of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) INDIA OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>2 Ohio football players face trial in rape case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two high school football players go on trial this coming week on charges of raping a nearly passed-out-drunk 16-year-old girl during a night of partying in Steubenville. Around the football-powerhouse city, some are demanding to know why at least three other teens aren't facing charges, too.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Welsh-Huggins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181613-2-ohio-football-players-face-trial-in-rape-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17181613-2-ohio-football-players-face-trial-in-rape-case</guid><category>us</category><category>players</category><category>charges</category><category>rape</category><category>west-virginia</category><category>us-news</category><category>football-players</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 17:30:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea50f257-94a1-4da8-927c-611e2819db83.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea50f257-94a1-4da8-927c-611e2819db83.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 file photo, defense attorney Walter Madison explains why he withdrew his motion to have the rape trial of his client closed to the public, after a hearing at Jefferson County Juvenile Court in Steubenville, Ohio. A West Virginia judge has rejected requests that three juveniles be called to testify at the Ohio trial of two high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl, a decision Madison says puts his client in &quot;a tough situation.&quot; (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Police probe rape of 7-year-old in New Delhi</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police are investigating the rape of a 7-year-old girl inside a state-run school in the Indian capital.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17145546-police-probe-rape-of-7-year-old-in-new-delhi</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17145546-police-probe-rape-of-7-year-old-in-new-delhi</guid><category>india</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 00:16:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Expert: Teaching kids to speak up combats abuse</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sexual abuse of children in the United States has been declining, federal statistics indicate. In 2011, 61,472 cases of sexual abuse of children were reported, nearly 2,000 fewer than the previous year and continuing a drop from more than 150,000 in 1992, according to an annual report of child abuse statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17076109-expert-teaching-kids-to-speak-up-combats-abuse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17076109-expert-teaching-kids-to-speak-up-combats-abuse</guid><category>us</category><category>child</category><category>education</category><category>rape</category><category>united-states</category><category>human-services</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:58:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ohio adoptive father sentenced in child rape case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge who called the crimes "despicable" sentenced an adoptive father Tuesday to 50 years to life in prison, the second lengthy sentence for the 40-year-old western Ohio man who admitted raping three boys in his care and allowing two other men to rape one of his adopted sons.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Sewell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dan Sewell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17076105-ohio-adoptive-father-sentenced-in-child-rape-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/24/17076105-ohio-adoptive-father-sentenced-in-child-rape-case</guid><category>us</category><category>father</category><category>rape</category><category>us-news</category><category>child-rape</category><category>adoptive-father</category><category>nutmeg-square</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:58:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43fe8044-9459-43e6-a23c-4bd8dc4522dc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=43fe8044-9459-43e6-a23c-4bd8dc4522dc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This March 1, 2012 file photo shows the Troy, Ohio home of an adoptive father who police say has admitted raping three boys in his care. The adoptive father will return to court Tuesday in Dayton to hear a judge sentence him for crimes that have all but ensured he will spend the rest of his life in prison. The AP isnt naming the adoptive father to protect the childrens identities. (AP Photo/Ann Sanner, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>German bishops OK contraception in rape cases</title>
<description><![CDATA[Roman Catholic-run hospitals can prescribe limited emergency contraception to rape victims, German bishops said Thursday as they sought to contain fallout from an embarrassing recent case in which two hospitals refused to treat a woman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17043318-german-bishops-ok-contraception-in-rape-cases</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17043318-german-bishops-ok-contraception-in-rape-cases</guid><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>church</category><category>health</category><category>rape</category><category>world-news</category><category>roman-catholic-run</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:53:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>