Parents of Steubenville rape victim want "everything over"

[davidn3600]

The parents of the 16-year-old victim at the center of the Steubenville rape trial are faced with a new grand jury investigation, but indicated today they do not want additional people charged in the case because they want "their little girl to have her life back."

"The family just wants everything over. That's their desire," the victim's family's attorney Robert Fitzsimmons told ABCNews.com today. "They were hoping that the charges had been completed and that justice was served yesterday and they hope that they can move on with their lives."

The lawyer spoke a day after Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that a grand jury would convene in mid-April to investigate whether there could be additional indictments or charges in the case.

"The family is not the type of people that they're out looking for heads," Fitzsimmons said. "They never have done that. The just want things that were wrong to be addressed and justice to be served the way it has been. They want their little girl to have her life back and their family to have their life back."

http://news.yahoo.com/parents-steubenville-rape-victim-want-everything-over-231605390--abc-news-topstories.html

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. I'm not sure how that will affect any ongoing investigations.

If there is any investigation underway, and if anybody else was involved in any way, justice needs to be served.

It's messy and painful, no doubt, but what other options are there?

Fitzsimmons, the victim's family's attorney, said that it is clear that there are "a bunch of individuals that we now know should have done some things and didn't" and defers to the attorney general's office.

"With the grand jury, that's up to attorney general DeWine, who has just done a great job in the case, and he's doing what he thinks is right and I wouldn't question his motives," Fitzsimmons said. "I think he's just trying to be thorough and I think that's a wonderful thing."

"Steubenville probably needs that to make sure that everything is broom swept clean and that everything has been done the right way," he added.

[riderinthestorm]

2. Unfortunately this family's pain will play out on the national stage.

Getting raped is a lifelong battle and most survivors get to grieve, heal and work out the trauma without the eyes of a nation upon them.

I hope this family can turn this terrible event into a teachable moment for our society and our culture. Unfortunately their privacy has been shattered.

[Brigid]

3. They're going to have to move.

But then, maybe that's not much of a loss. Steubenville sounds like a hellhole anyway.