next, new information about the victims in a deadly northern california race car crash. showe the way. we ll find out when in leigh glaser s forecast. good evening, i m carolyn johnson in for ama daetz. dozens of people remembered a 14-year-old boy who lost his life at a race track. it took place at his middle school in santa rosa. he was in the pit at marysville race way on saturday when his cousin 17-year-old chase johnson lost control. his car slammed into a pit killing the 14-year-old and 68-year-old from grass valley. more on the victims and the crash. reporter: the start of the civil war sprint car series took a tragic turn at race way park saturday night. in a practice run, chase johnson seen here lost control. he watched the car leave the track. he must have been going 90 and there is not much you can do when the car is going that fast. he hit his cousin mar marcus johnson and also killed was 68-year-old from grass valley. they were at the penngrove home was
an important topic. thanks for joining us. we re here every saturday and sunday. have a great weekend. hello, welcome to the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield. two rising stars on an ohio high school football team now convicted rainists. today a judge in stubleville found 17-year-old trent mayes and another guilty of raining a 16-year-old girl.
both boys apologize to the victim and her family but despite the emotional pleas from the boys and their family, the judge said the evidence against them was profane and ugly and sentenced them to a juvenile detention facility. a minimum of one year for richmond, two years for mayes. poppy harlow was in the courtroom. the evidence the judge was referring to included cell phone pictures taken of the victim and lurid text messages from the defendants. how much did social media play a role in this crime and in the judge s verdict? reporter: i think it played a big role. the judge came in this morning when this verdict was handed down and said again last night and this morning he reviewed all of the evidence, reread all of the text messages, social media was a big part of this because pictures of this victim, this rape victim were posted online on social media. they were joked about in vulgar long videos posted on youtube,
teenage youth. throughout a trial the court is able to view the demeanor of the witnesses, judge their credibility and weigh the evidence presented to the court. the court has done so in this case and it is the court s decision that both of the defendants are hereby adjudicated delinquent beyond a reasonable doubt on all three counts as charged. for those of you who are not familiar with you a jid cases of delinquency in juvenile law, it is similar to finding of guilty in the adult court. reporter: guilty on all counts. that hand down. the two defendants in this case now the two convicted rapists broke down in court when they heard the verdict come down. trent mayes crying, malik richmond just collapsing into the arms of his attorney sitting next to him and sobbing over and
thank you very much, angelique, thank you for being here. it is not surprising here. if the victim does not show any physical resistance, it is irrelevant. mayes was shown to have sex with the victim. what had to be proved under ohio law is she was incapable of giving consent because she was incapacitated. yes. the defense made the argument that silence was consent. she does not have to say no. ron allen was covering the says. he will join us from the courthou courthouse. do we have ron? reporter: yes, i m here, joy.