Crowdsourcing Justice: The Truth Behind the Steubenville Rape

On the Media

• Episode: Crowdsourcing Justice: The Truth Behind the Steubenville Rape
• Website: On the Media
• Feed URL: http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia
• Duration: 00:15:55
• Published: 2018-03-20 17:00

Five years ago, two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio were found responsible in juvenile court for the rape of a 16-year-old girl.  For much of the national media, that was the end of  the story — but for those in Steubenville who lived through it, the truth never caught up to the lies that spread online and the vigilante terror that resulted. A new, three-part audio documentary from Audible examines the case and the danger of crowd-sourcing justice to online activists. Bob spoke to producer Derek John who, along with Anders Kelto, reported the series for Audible’s new podcast, “Gamebreaker.”