30. Two Ohio Teens Found Guilty of Rape, Will Spend At Least One Year in Jail

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/03/17/steubenville_rape_case_two_ohio_teens_found_guilty.html

The article focused on a rape case that occurred in Ohio, Steubenville, on Aug. 12. The first sentence summarized the main points of the article, introducing the subject, the participants, the place, and the results. Two football players from Steubenville High School, Ma'Lik Richmond and Trent Mays, were found guilty of rape. Both were sentenced to serve one year in a juvenile jail, and according to the Associated Press, Mays would have to serve an additional year for sending the victim's picture to others. The author, Daniel Politi, further provided details of the account which included information about the specific place and time. A personal testimony from the sixteen year old victim showed that though she did not remember the day of the assault, text messages and pictures of herself revealed that it was probable she was molested that night. According to Reuters, the attorney General Mike DeWine declared that he would investigate other events that surrounded the rape and the grand jury was in the process of determining whether or not to charge anyone else involved with the case. The author also informed how the case became well known. A hacktivist group known as Anonymous  exposed pictures and a video of the offenders carrying the victim, and had made plans for protests in town.

Daniel Politi's purpose in writing this article was to inform citizens about a rape case in the town of Steubenville in Ohio. Though the assault took place last summer, investigations and results confirmed the two convicts of rape. Politi provided the audience information about where and when the aggression took place through a simple diction that made it possible for anyone reading it to understand. His tone seemed to be one of disturbance as he recounted the case and one of hope when he later quoted Judge Thomas Lipps, who encouraged teenagers "to have discussions about how you talk to your friends, how you record things on the social media so prevalent today and how you conduct yourself when drinking is put upon you by your friends." Several times throughout the article, Politi alluled to and quoted big news institutions, such as the Associated Press, Reuters, New York Times, and others. It did not only show he researched and had a strong understanding of the issue, but also showed he had credible evident to support his claims.