she said when a defense attorney suggested she had sent conflicting signals to the defendant. After about eight hours of deliberations, the jury of nine men and three women determined that Labrie had sex with the girl, then a freshman at the Concord boarding school, but that prosecutors had failed to prove he had acted without her consent, as she had asserted. Labrie could face a sentence that includes several years in jail — a maximum of seven years on a computer enticement conviction, which is a felony, and as much as a year each on the four misdemeanors. Advertisement 
 
 In addition, Labrie, who was a straight-A student, will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, a prosecutor said afterward. Get what you need today in this early-morning email. In a statement, the girl and her family said the convictions delivered “a measure of justice” for victims of sexual violence. “While he was not convicted on all charges, Owen Labrie was held accountable in some way by a jury of his peers for crimes he committed against our daughter,” a family spokeswoman read to a throng of reporters outside the courthouse. “There is no joy in this outcome, however, as our daughter can never get back what she has lost.” 
 
 Labrie left the courthouse without comment, but his lawyer, J.W Carney Jr., said Labrie was devastated. In often-crude testimony, jurors heard how Labrie and his friends sought to “slay” — a slang term for having sex — as many girls as they could, using their status on campus to woo underclassmen in a rite known as the “senior salute.” 
 
 In its statement, the girl’s family said they still felt betrayed that the school “allowed and fostered a toxic culture that left our daughter and other students at risk to sexual violence.” 
 
 “We trusted the school to protect her and it failed us,” they said. He said the two of them sneaked into an attic room in a St. Paul's School academic building a few days before graduation and together spread a flannel blanket Labrie had brought with him. Labrie described a playful, consensual encounter in which he decided against having sex after a moment of “divine inspiration.” 
 
 Jurors found Labrie guilty of three counts of misdemeanor sexual assault, endangering a child, and using computer services to lure a minor, a felony that carries a maximum sentence of seven years in jail. "In essence, what happened as a result of this trial is one teenager was found guilty of having consensual sex with another teenager," Labrie's lawyer, J.W. Carney described the computer-enticement charge as “overreaching” and indicated he may appeal. Carney said Labrie’s comments to several friends that he had sex with the girl were the “most damning” evidence against him. Her testimony 
 
 The accuser, now 16, testified last week that Labrie penetrated her with his fingers before raping her. "This was a very difficult case because of Owen's own statements to his friends," defense lawyer Carney said after the trial. Carney said he will seek probation with “serious conditions.” Prosecutors declined to specify what sentence they will recommend until a review is conducted before a hearing slated for late October. In a statement released after the verdict, Michael Hirschfeld, rector at the Episcopal school, commended the former student’s “remarkable moral courage and strength.” 
 
 “Her resolve and unwavering commitment to the truth have been inspiring to us and to many outside our school community,” he wrote. “We can only hope that time will bring some measure of healing and comfort to both her and her family.” 
 
 After the verdict, Labrie, whose acceptance to Harvard was rescinded, rested his head on the table and later stared at the ceiling.
– The man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl while they were students at a prestigious New Hampshire boarding school was found guilty of misdemeanor sexual assault but acquitted of more serious felony charges today, the Boston Globe reports. The victim claims Owen Labrie, 18 at the time, forced sexual intercourse on her—ignoring her pleas to stop and fighting to remove her underwear—in the attic of a St. Paul's School building in May 2014. In his defense, Labrie, who attended a choir concert following the attack, says the two never had intercourse—he says he started putting a condom on before deciding he didn't want to have sex with the victim—and any sexual contact was consensual, CNN reports. He said it seemed like the victim was "having a great time." During the two-week trial, Labrie's friends testified he bragged about having sex with the victim, and prosecutors claimed Labrie and his friends were competing to see who could "slay" the most girls before graduation, the Globe reports. CNN states the defense attempted to put blame on St. Paul's itself for encouraging a tradition known as "senior salute," in which seniors attempt to have sexual interactions with underclassmen before commencement. The defense claims the school is "failing" its students by tolerating senior salute, which it said harmed both its client and the victim. In addition to misdemeanor sexual assault, the jury found Labrie guilty of using a computer to lure a minor and endangering the welfare of a child. He was acquitted of felony rape.