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Guilty pleas in Ohio rape Twitter threat case
Source: Associated Press
Guilty pleas in Ohio rape Twitter threat case
AP foreign, Friday May 3 2013
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
AP Legal Affairs Writer= COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two teenage girls have been sentenced to probation after guilty pleas in the case of threatening tweets sent after a guilty verdict in a high-profile Ohio rape case.
The tweets sent in March had threatened homicide and bodily harm against a girl raped by two high school football players.
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Attorney Sara Gasser says the 16-year-olds admitted to a single misdemeanor charge of telecommunications harassment and were placed on six months' probation.
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AP foreign, Friday May 3 2013
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
AP Legal Affairs Writer= COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two teenage girls have been sentenced to probation after guilty pleas in the case of threatening tweets sent after a guilty verdict in a high-profile Ohio rape case.
The tweets sent in March had threatened homicide and bodily harm against a girl raped by two high school football players.
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Attorney Sara Gasser says the 16-year-olds admitted to a single misdemeanor charge of telecommunications harassment and were placed on six months' probation.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10775225