The high school football star who was convicted of raping a 16-year-old in Steubenville isn’t happy about the verdict he received.
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Ma’lik Richmond, 16, is planning on appealing the verdict.
“We have the right to appeal and that is a right we will be exercising,” said Walter Madison, Richmond’s attorney.
Madison contends that his client shouldn’t have to register as a sex offender, because he is a “child.” On the Piers Morgan show last night, he even argued that Richmond’s “brain is not fully developed.”
“I don’t believe that a person at 75 years old should have to explain for something they did at 16 when scientific evidence would support your brain isn’t fully developed … when evidence in the case would suggest that you were under the influence.”
Piers Morgan fired back:
“I got 3 teenage sons and when you get to 16, 17 … your brain’s developed enough to know you shouldn’t be raping girls.”
Madison continued, saying that you shouldn’t be judged for something that happened years ago.
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He provided no additional information on his planned appeal. This story is developing.
