Ohio Superintendent Resigns, Charges Dropped In Connection To Rape Case

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Ohio Superintendent Resigns, Charges Dropped In Connection To Rape Case
Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015 | AP

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- Charges against a school superintendent accused of misleading authorities in their investigation into the rape of a girl by two high school football players have been dismissed following his resignation.

Jury selection in the trial of suspended Steubenville schools superintendent Mike McVey was to begin Monday. But the Ohio Attorney General's office has agreed to dismiss all pending charges against him following his resignation.

McVey had pleaded not guilty to felony charges of obstructing justice and tampering with evidence. He had been accused of destroying data related to the school's investigation of the August 2012 rape of the 16-year-old West Virginia girl.

McVey's attorney Charles Bean confirmed the resignation and the dropped charges.

The two football players served time in state juvenile detention and are now free.


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[thatgemguy]

1. The fix is in...

Football is king in Steubenville!!!

[yeoman6987]

2. Not great but at least the Superintendent is out!

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Unacceptable

You are now an accessory to his crime.

[riqster]

4. There went DeWine's only redemptive quality.

[lark]

5. The girl's life is probably changed for the worse forever

but at least all the guys got off easy.

[niyad]

6. yes, of course, because his resignation makes everything alllllll better, as if it never happened.

[Lurks Often]

7. Were the chance's of a conviction that weak?

that the prosecutor was willing to drop the charges in return for the superintendent's resignation?

Another thought is that the prosecutor did not want to have to make the victim testify, although I am not entirely sure why the victim would need to testify in this case.

[davidpdx]

8. No surprise

And since he resigned he probably gets to keep his nice big fat pension. In terms of the cover-up, they've only gotten two convictions from what I've seen and they served more than the two kids who raped the girl. What an utterly fucked up case.