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Source: Pittsburgh Post-GazetteAug.存倉 16--STEUBENVILLE, Ohio -- A judge this morning placed the second former high school football player found delinquent in the Steubenville rape case into Ohio's second-highest sex offender classification.Ma'Lik Richmond, 17, could have to verify his address with the sheriff in the county where he lives every six months for 20 years. His co-defendant in the case, Trent Mays, 17, was ordered to do the same in June.Both teenagers can petition the court to reduce the classification later.In March, the pair were found responsible for the August 2012 rape of a West Virginia teenage girl.During the hearing in Jefferson County Juvenile Court today, prosecutors asked visiting Judge Thomas Lipps for a Tier II classification. Ma'Lik's public defender, Brooke Burns, asked for "nothing higher than Tier I," the most lenient level requiring registration once a year for a decade.Walter Madison, one of Ma'Lik's attorneys, had previously filed motions saying the classification was unconstitutional, but Judge Lipps today reiterated his written response that the rule was in accordance with Ohio laws and court decisions on the matter.The defense called a single witness -- Tyffani Dent, a psychologist who has trained state social service agencies and Ohio Department of Youth Services -- who testified that research has shown juvenile sex offender registration can have dama自存倉ing effects and does not decrease recidivism.Ma'Lik spoke only to address the judge's questions.After the proceeding, he untucked his shirt and loosened his tie and embraced his parents and his former foster parents.The girl's family was present but did not address the court.In June, at Trent's classification hearing, the girl's mother spoke."We realize that we have no choice but to accept the light sentence awarded to these boys, but we strongly feel that Trent Mays made a very conscious choice to publicly shame my daughter by posting and sending pornographic pictures of her unconscious body out to the public," she said then, reading from a written statement. "My child's name and face will forever remain attached to his crime because of his actions. Since this crime, she has endured countless ridiculing comments from all public avenues that has caused her great pain and stress. This will never leave my daughter, therefore it should never leave him."Today, an attorney for the girl's family, Bob Fitzsimmons, said the same sentiments applied.The court also approved Ma'Lik's transfer to a private treatment facility, where he could move with youth services' and the facility's approval.Molly Born: mborn@post-gazette.com or 412-23-1944.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Visit the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at .post-gazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉新蒲崗