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By Tamar Birckhead | 03/19/2013

Tamar Birckhead"My life is over. No one is going to want me now." These were the words of 16-year-old Ma'lik Richmond after a judge adjudicated him delinquent of rape earlier this week in juvenile court in Steubenville, Ohio.

Hyperbole? Perhaps. But it's also an age-appropriate response to a well-worn scenario that's continuing to play out in the media as well as in the homes of this Rust Belt city of 18,000.    

The facts are familiar. A teenage girl ...

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