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comsupplies 1%, and wind energy supplies 3%. don't miss the premier of jake p tapper new show, the lead. it's sure to be smart and engaging just like jake. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. hello, everyone. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." i'm fredricka wit field. guilty as charged, that's the verdict for two high school football player from steubenville, ohio. they were convicted today of raping a girl after heavy partying. trent mays and malik richmond broke down as the verdict was read. richmond's mother openly wept. and after the verdict was read,

richmond's father made an emotional plea to the judge and to the victim's family. >> i hope somewhere in your hearts that you can forgive trent and malik for the pain that they have caused your daughter. and put you through. i know that god -- >> soon after the judge announced the boys' sentences, a minimum of one year for richmond, two years for mays, poppy harlow was in the courtroom as all of this played out. she's joining us live. describe the atmosphere in the room as the verdict was read. family members tried their hardest to plea for some forgiveness from the victim's family as well as from the judge. >> that's true, fredricka, but this is an incredibly serious

crime. the crime of rape. both boys found guilty of raping this 16-year-old girl. one in a car, one in a basement as she lay naked on the floor, and they have been found guilty. yes, incredibly emotional. it was difficult for anyone to watch the boys break down. also difficult, of course, for the victim's family. the mother of the victim was not in the room when that verdict was handed down, but she did come in a bit later to hear the sentencing. other family members of the victim sitting there as well. i want to take our viewers inside the courtroom to listen to the judge, the visiting judge from another county, came in to hear this case, made the final decision. here's what he said. >> i closely examined all of the evidence and i reread all of the text messages that were sent. many of the things were learned during this trial that our children were saying and doing

were profane, were ugly. with choul consumption shown as a particular danger to our teenagers, throughout a trial, the court is able to view the demeanor of the witnesses, judge their credibility, and weigh the evidence presented to the court. the court has done so in this case. and it is the court's decision that both of the defendants are hereby adjudicated delinquent beyond a reasonable doubt on all three counts as charged. for those of you who are not familiar with adjudication of delinkancy in juvenile court, it's similar to guilty. >> guilty on all three counts. as soon as they heard it, you could see it in their faces.

malik richmond broke down first, chancing into the arms of his attorney next to him. trent mays also began crying. later, they stood up, fredricka, and they apologized to the victim's family. take a look at both of them. >> i had no intention to do anything that night. i would like to apologize to [ bleep ], her family, my family and the community. >> so as you could see, the remorse that they displayed, but after this verdict came down, we heard from the attorneys for the victims, her civil attorney

saying that remorse just came far, far too late, fredricka. >> at least one of the family member of the victims had something to say as well in court, right? >> she did. the mother. the mother spoke, not in court, but after the sentencing, after the verdict, she gave us an audio statement. and i want to play that in its entirety for the viewers. this is really the first time we're hearing from the mother. >> no matter what school you went to, what city you lived in or what sports you played. human compassion is not taught by a teacher, a koemp, or a parent. it's a god-given gift instilled in all of us. you displayed a lack of this and a lack of any moral code. your decisions that night affected countless lives including those most dear to you. you were the accuser through the social media that you chose to p publish your criminal conduct on. this does not define who my

daughter is. she will persevere, grow, and move on. i have pity for you both. i hope you fear the lord, repent for your actions, and pray hard for his forgiveness. >> you could hear it in her voice, the pain of a mother whose daughter has been raped. breaken down at the end saying she had pity on the boys. it's interesting. i told you i talked to the attorney for the victim after this. she said that if perhaps the boys had come forward and had apologized, admitted to this earl yeon to the family, perhaps they wouldn't be here in court today. she said they're a very religious family that may have been able to forgive and not take it to this point in time. i now want to take our viewers back inside the courtroom for what we heard from malik richmond's father. the judge asked if parents had any comments for the court before the sentencing was handed down, and here is part of what malik's father had to say. >> i'm sorry for what you all had to go through.

i hope somewhere in your heart that you can forgive trent and malik for the pain they have caused your daughter and put you through. and i know that god can give you that strength to forgive these two young men for the mistakes they made. i apologize to the world, not only my community, for the bad life that has been shown upon steubenville and everybody else. >> malik's father came out here and he spoke with us live on cnn, and i want to bring some of

that to our viewers. we have been told by malik's attorney in court that he heard the father whisper to his son after the verdict came down, i love you. and that it was the first time that the son had heard that from his father. he came from a difficult up bringing, we're told, so i asked the father, is that the case? and what do you have to say about this? listen. >> basically, because i haven't been around in malik's life like i should have been. those early years, and i want to stress that parents need to get involved more in their kids' lives, like someone mentioned. be a parent and not a friend. and teach your kids what alcohol and drugs can do to destroy their lives. teach your kids how to make decisions and to combat peer

pressure. >> bottom line, the decisions that were made that night were decisions that have not resulted in a guilty charge for both of these boys in terms of rape, raping this young girl. now the process of recovery begins for this girl who is back in school, trying her hardest to live a normal life. for these two who have just been taken into custody and who will serve their time in a juvenile detention facility, and frankly, fredricka, for this town, you know the town has been thrown in the national spotlight, the global spotlight over this case. the town and its citizens now trying to rebuild. >> when we talk about the amount of time that these young men may be serving in the juvenile detention, there was a minimum of one year for one, two years for the other. but the maximum of up to 21 years of age. is that based on good behavior? >> yeah, a very good question. it is. what the judge said today in court is that malik richmond

will serve one year on that one count he was found guilty on. trent mays will serve two because he was found guilty of rape and taking the nude photograph of the victim that night. that gets him another year, then it's up to the juvenile detention facility workers. can they be let out or will they have to serve the whole term? and the judge is saying this is a chance to reflect on behavior and to do better in the future and to rebuild yourselves and create a constructive life after this. but it is now really up to them because they could have gotten a much more severe sentence. >> poppy harlow, thank yous so . why were these teens tried in juvenile court instead of adult court? we'll have our legal experts weigh in after the break, and pope francis is already being called a man of the people. we go to the streets with the

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we've been bringing you the details of the rape case that brought the town of steubenville, ohio, and riveted the nation. two teens have been charged with raping a 16-year-old girl last summer. ma'lik richmond will spend at least one year and trent mays two years in a juvenile detention facility. they could be in the facility up to 21 years old pending good

behavior. >> of course, we're in juvenile court. and judges in juvenile court understand we're dealing with juveniles and we're dealing with people who might have emotions. particularly upon a finding that i made this morning. that it might now dawn on them, when a judge in juvenile court enters into this position, the judge must weigh three things. the protection of society, accountability for one's actions, and the further rehabilitation of our youth. when we first started out, both of these defendants could have been tried in the adult court. if they were convicted in the adult court of these charges, they would be spending many years in an adult prison. but the court made the decision

to keep this matter in the juvenile court. >> the judge told the court that if the teens show signs of re rehabilitation quickly, they could spend less time in rehabilitation. let's turn to paul and rachel, good to see both of you. >> nice to be with you. >> paul, let me begin with you. this was a guilty verdict based on testimony, texting, and photos. the judge said he considered all of that. did one thing likely sway the judge more than most? >> i think it was a combination of factors, but the most important thing was the social media business we talked about was the most important thing. you know, this crime was intentionally documented through the use of video on a smartphone. and sent through the internet. 20 years ago, there would have been no evidence this crime had been committed because the victim had no recollection. social media has changed the

entire landscape, and the judge referred to it saying he checked the text messages. >> rachel, do you see this kind of case is going to impact future cases that may involve social media? >> yes, it absolutely will. the issue you're dealing with here is that the social media obtained the evidence in the case when there wouldn't necessarily have been evident in the case before. in this case, what blows my mind is you had the facebook, the twittering and texting and everything that people in social media society says, i better put it out there, otherwise it didn't happen. otherwise it's not real. the penalties these boys are facing of their behavior is also real. >> looking at the videotape, one of the men, malik, appealing to the victim and the family. he was tearful. you have to wonder if these very

apologetic and tearful pleas being made to the court did in any way influence this judge. he could have imposed a harsher penalty, couldn't he have, paul? >> yes, they could have been tried as adults. they could be facing 20 years in prison, state prison, which is a tough place. they were given a break, and you have a judge who i think was responsive to their action, and this scene is often seen in american courtrooms. it's not just televised. there's always this moment of high drama when the verdict is announced. we got a chance to have a look at it today. >> it's tough to watch no matter which way you look at it. rachel, i wonder, what was the factor in this case that made it one suitable for a juvenile proceeding versus an adult proceeding? >> well, under ohio law, whether it's trialed in juvenile court

or adult court, it's all regulated by statute. what the ohio statute says if you're an individual who commits a felony between the ages of 14 and 18 years old, a judge can determine in certain instances whether to determine you as a chi an adult or juvenile. one of those is whether a firearm was used in the commission of the crime. what the children's records were prior to that, and obviously, there was not a firearm used in this, probably played into the judge's determination to try them in juvenile court. neither one of them had any prior trouble, and he did use that as a factor as he was trying to weigh what is next for these young men. thank you so much, paul and rachel, good to see both of you. >> thank you. good to see you both. >> and a prayer in vatican city. the pope hits the streets. he is already being called a man of the people.

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♪ stay in the groove with align. in vatican city, pope francis delivered his first angelus message from his papal apartment. more than 200,000 people filled st. peter's square for the historic acaution. in a rare moment, the pope walked outside the gates of the santa ana parish to greet the crowd of well wishers. ben wedeman is in vatican city. he shows us why people are calling this pope a man of the people. >> fred, benedict was the intellectual pope. francis is quickly shaping up to be the people's pope. it could be any pope, greeting

wishpers one by one after sunday's mass, but it wasn't any church and it wasn't any priest. it was pope francis at the santa anna parish church in the vatican. his charm offensive moving full steam ahead, he stepped outside the vatican and into italian territory to greet well wishers. >> i was watching some of the video when he came out of the church. obviously, he's very personable, really connecting with the people. >> in his first sunday as pope, francis appeared at the window of his papal apartment, overlooking a packed st. peter's square, speaking of forgiveness and compassion. he wasn't providing free advertising for a cardinal whose writing he praised. he ended his message with a simple wish. have a good sunday, and have a good lunch. just four days on the job, and pope francis is already shaking

things up. even his own television station. vatican tv, is calling him the unpredictable pope. maria, an argentinian, like the pope, already feels closer to the church. >> one of the problems they have had is they were so high and were, you know, he's coming closer. we're very happy for that. >> his personal style has done well. >> very nice, very humble, very down to earth. >> with a new head at the vatican's helm, the faithful are destine destined to achieve greatness, and it's a rhythm that might bring new life to a church in need of change. >> thanks so much. ben wedeman in vatican city. also, 4:00 eastern hour, join us. we're going to talk more about the pope of the people. pope francis.

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