Is Sandusky still able to watch Elementary students on their playground from his deck?

Prosecute this case to the fullest extant of the law Mr. Prosecutor. Don't let up for a minute. Get this guy locked up for the rest of his natural life. Do it slow, rub it in hard so Jerry Sandusky has to suffer every painful human emotion known to man. Do it so there is no excuse for appeal and that justice will prevail for the victims and their families.

Why do they say they were engaging in sex. No. Just no. Sandusky was sodomizing the young boy. Sandusky is such a vile person.

Hmmm... All of us need to remember the basic premise - Mr. Sandusky is totally innocent, until proved guilty by a jury of his peers.

However, having said that, it is possible to examine some of the testimony so far. After doing that, one must conclude that it looks and sounds like Mr. Sandusky is a serial pedophile - no ifs ands, or butts about it.

I am not a psychic, but stay tuned for a mistrial in this case. Something is bound to happen that will cause the judge to declare a mistrial, necessitating the retrial, new jury, etc.

Upon conviction, one would hope the judge will sentence Mr. Sandusky to 50 years in prison, without any early release. That should make society safe, while Mr. Sandusky learns new rules of behavior behind bars.

Agreed Whistle. It sounds like the defense team has no real defense and is intentionally throwing the case. Desperate and unethical move, but Sandusky's only chance to stay out of prison is to shoot for a mistrial. I hope this strategy backfires.

In cases of rape and murder, especially when the victim is a child or several children, there should be no plea deals or out-of-court settlements. I felt that was wrong in the Michael Jackson case. I would never have settled for money and let a child rapist go free to rape more children if I believed that person raped my child! They need to go to jail and never be released upon society ever again! But the wealthy live by other laws than the rest of us!!!

I am sorry but on this guy's testimony I would not believe a word he says. Now he has to go through with it but there are too many different stories he has come up with. I have no idea how it even got into the trial. There are no witnesses who also observed the alleged incident. As far as perves of this nature they usually do not perform their nasty business in such a public place. This guy now says he saw this go on 3 times and that is a real blow to the integrety of his testimony. Paterno said when this guy called him the first thing Paterno said was no he did not have a job for him. That rang a bell and may be why Paterno gave the info to a superior and went on about his business. There will probably be enough testimony to convict this guy but it should never be on this.

I am far from knowledgeable when it comes to law, but it seems as though the defense is doing a 'halfassed' job. What if the defense lawyers are pulling some trick, and are intentionally giving a poor defense, so that Sandusky can later argue for a mistrial? Can they do that? Again, i am no legal expert and was just curious...

The defense was not slack. They are among the very best defense attorneys. Pushing McQueary hard would have reduced him to tears. They couldn't have that.

We all know why McQueary failed to physically intervene on the child's behalf. Sandusky had a close relationship to a most revered coach. Sandusky had enormous influence, power and wealth. Sandusky could have easily persuaded the parents to pressure the boy to deny everything McQueary witnessed. McQueary acted out of self-preservation in an impossible situation.

I'm sure we would all like to think we would have rescued the boy and punched Sandusky senseless. I'm also equally certain that we would have been painted as a villain seeking to destroy the reputation of a very valued and trusted pillar of the community. McQueary faced certain destruction of his career and family name versus abandoning a child ( in the boy's greatest hour of need ) to survive long enough to stop this monster from hurting another child ever again.

I pray that none of us ever have to make such a decision. This poor man will carry the image of the horror he witnessed that day to his grave. Knowing that many of us condemn his decision must make every day of this trial a living hell for him. I hope he also knows that many of us appreciate his predicament and fully support him. The actions(or lack of actions) by very clever defense attorneys prove that he did the only thing possible to stop this evil creature forever. God bless him.

A question. If his account had "real problems", how is it a "slam dunk"? Biased much? Sigh. I wish they'd do a better job reporting than trying to control public opinion. Sandusky is innocent until proven guilty, and if the account given has glaring, large holes in it, then it's not a slam dunk. It's lying. He's trying to save his own arse, or drive Sandusky into a plea deal. Even then, I doubt they even need his account. At this point, Sandusky will likely end up guilty no matter what, and it won't be from evidence or witness testimony. It'll be from the people who, Day 1, were already calling for his head.

Then again, this is American justice. Less justice, more finger pointing and Salem-style Witch Hunts. This emotion-charged, knee-jerking has really got to stop. That said, if he did do it... let him burn from his own stupidity. Also Commonsense... really? Horror? Horror is the scene of a battlefield. Horror is a massive car accident on a highway. Horror is walking into a Wal-Mart late at night. By the way you're imagining it, there's creepy carnival music playing in the back, everything's grayed out, and Sandusky is probably wearing a Hitler mask, when really, you would have seen something that was roughly the same thing you could see on the Discovery Channel. That's not horror. We see worse on cable TV.

I'm not saying what hes accused of doing isn't disgusting, but seriously... it's thoughts and overaggeration like that which will cause a mistrial, or force a plea deal rather than seeing any justice here. Chill out, keep a cool head, take in all the evidence without bias, and try not to let your emotions control you. That's how the system works best, and the last time something like this happened, it was with Michael Jackson. They made his life Hell, and it was only after his death that his accusers started stepping forward saying mommy and daddy were the ones that made them do it. That's why I hate these "He said she said" malarkey.

ThaMonkeh, You're entitled to your own sense of horror. Mine would be witnessing a terrifying event while deciding to sacrifice the one in order to save the many. I can't imagine a greater horror. I would carry it to my grave.

President Truman's decision to end the world's most devastating war by bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs. President Lincoln's decision to pit brother against brother and father against son in a horrible civil war to preserve the U.S.A.

A firefighter's decision to reasonably save one child as risk almost certain death for the three of them by attempting to rescue both. An American soldier's decision to kill a Vietnamese little girl planted with a grenade that will kill a dozen of his brothers-in-arms.

Mine would be witnessing a child rape by a very powerful man that would easily discredit my testament and be allowed to rape many more children. Are you still certain you know the true meaning of horror?

WhistleBerries - "Mr. Sandusky is a serial pedophile - no ifs ands, or butts about it." Appropriate typo...lol

That being said, it sounds like "insufficient counsel" will be his cause for appeal (if he's found guilty).

Defense: "Your Honor I object !"

Judge: "And why is that Mr. Reid?"

Defense: "Because it's devastating to my case !!"

Liar Liar ;-)

Exactly the catholic's adorn this type of action baptising the young men and boys from their back , establishing an army of Gays and Pedophiles,,, And also priest with no wives to marry.

They've created a million men in long tail frocks / gowns only to performed these acts on the innocent boys. When a parent feel their little baby boys are safe with these bastards they are fooled while the kida are slice open from behind and are taught to shut up.

Stop with the Catholic Bashing you Bigots. HEY MORON, your bus is leaving.

I've been on the Internet for 12+ years now. I know what terror is, and it's about as close as a visit to Youtube or a trip to certain image boards. I don't think what Sandusky did measures up to a war that swallowed our country whole from the inside, causing thousands upon thousands of people to die.

I'm sorry, I just don't see what Sandusky did as being anywhere close to as horrible as the bombing of Hiroshima. Last I checked, the potential victims of Sandusky still had their skin. Children that survived Hiroshima don't exactly have that luxury, and you demean the horror of what happened to them to further your own opinions.

Besides, by what I've seen in our glorious country, it's better to be a pretty young woman accused of murdering your infant with overwhelming evidence against you than to be an old man accused of sticking it in the poop chute of a few boys with no evidence whatsoever. Love those priorities, America.

What does this have to do with the Vatican? Your a dip @!$%#!!!

it has many similar traits,priests use many of the same tactics to win over thier victims,plus they got this goin to hell thing goin for them if you don't play along.

oh yeah,they got a great way to get inside info thru the confessional scam,pure genius the priest who came up with that idea,they"ve been raping the benifit off that for hundreds of years now and its as fresh as the day it started,just pure wizzards they are.

I am sorry, but this guy deserves to be put a way a thousand times over. I am so tired of seeing people play with our children lives and future. Sorry, just want get it anymore. No teacher or faculty member should ever put themselves in this type of situation in the first place, and I highly doubt all these boys are coming forth to be seen. Who would want to put their selves out like this. I hope this guy is locked up for life and the KEYS ARE THROWN AWAY. SO MANY CHILDREN LIVES ARE BEING RUINED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS AND THEIR DISTORTED WAY OF THINKING AND VIEWING WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG. THIS GUY NEEDS SOME SERIOUS HELP AND I DO MEAN QUICK FAST AND IN A HURRY!!!

Stop with the Catholic Bashing you Bigots. HEY MORON, your bus is leaving.

wish there were a hell for this guy,but alas he just gets eaten up by worms,doesn't seem fair that he won't suffer any.

Don't get too happy yet. We don't want him to be so inept that there all kinds of grounds for an appeal due to incompetence of legal counsel.

As I read the article that's the first thing that popped into my mind; that he's deliberately doing a crappy job to lay the groundwork for the appeals courts. Personally, I hope he never sees the light of day again. The Costas interview erased all doubts for me.

Elizabeth-2017812, I think appeals courts grant retrials for incompetence of counsel only if it affected the verdict. By the time the prosecution gets finished here, I don't think there will be a shadow of a doubt that Sandusky is guilty as charged, whether he had the best or worst of attorneys.

Maybe he's being inept on purpose? Take Jerry's money and f##k up his case just enough to guarantee a prosecution victory but good enough to beat an incompetent counsel claim. Perhaps his lawyer's a genius.

Sandusky has 2 alleged lawyers, Amendola and Rominger, a/k/a dumb and dumber. Rominger is a publicity whore without the courtroom chops to actually cross examine anyone with an IQ higher than a bag of hammers and Amendola seems to actually be working for the prosecution to help convict Sandusky. Neither of these guys will be writing any books about their malpractice in this case.

Not that I am on Sandusky's side, but honestly his attorneys are obviously and purposefully providing an inadequate defense, therefore tainting the entire process, which denys the accused due process. It could lead to mistrial. They should be disbarred.

c'mon you can't disbar lawyers for being lawyers,now you can sue them for being crappy,but you can't say they wern't doing lawyerly things.

They can recall this witness!

Life at da Vatican.

Life at da Vatican.

Dude what is your thing with the Vatican?

I get the whole sex abuse thing with the Catholic Church but STAY ON TOPIC.

so if this assistant coach said that he saw this older man having intercourse with a child or a younger man(mind you it wasn't once but three times) why didn't he intervene to stop it? and when he didn't stop it at least call the police?

What amazes me is that the defense tries to discredit Mcqueary by arguing that he claimed to see Sandusky in the shower twice, not three times as he had said in one of his statements...twice...not three times...So I guess PA has adopted a 3 strikes you're out policy? You can only rape someone 2 times before getting in trouble for it. Are you effing serious?! It doesn't matter whether he saw him once or saw him a million times, he was still raping a child! If I had a lawyer that made those kinds of bad arguments, I'd just admit guilt and take my punishment like a man. And no it's not okay to fail on the child's behalf and not report it. That is something Mcqueary will live with for the rest of his days. But at least he has the balls to get up on stand and say something now, even if it is years after the fact. But come the hell on. You are in no way innocent of the charges if your defense team is arguing that you only raped a boy twice, not three times.

@nevets: do you think the police would have arrived in time to witness anything? Especially if it was coming from the university showers? If the child couldn't scream out while it was happening, do you think he would have pointed a finger at Sandusky right after the abuse? As disgusting as this was, I can think of about 30 reasons NOT to call the police.

Nevets, colleges have a way of shutting up those that complain or show the "old gal" warts and all. The assistant was a very low assistant and the other witness was a janitor. Not exactly positions where one can survive doing what is right when it hurts the reputation of the school and exposes them to lawsuits. Whistle blowers are usually the ones that get screwed. Just like the Catholic Church and other wealthy organizations and people they have a way of just making problems "go away". For years colleges were able to cover up on campus crime and hide the truth. Until this day they still can to a lesser extent. The real question was and is why didn't Joe PA. take the assistant coach to the State College PA. police when he was told what the assistant and janitor saw. Penn State would have never done anything to the assistant or the janitor if Joe PA. had provided a shield for them. Even he felt the need to buck it up through the college administration.

Most people who work for these institutions are bound not to do what you jsut said outside of the normal chain of command. Anything that has to do with the police and an employee has to be handled by administration. That's how they keep "the good name of the school" alive and well. They are skating around on thin ice because of hitting Alum donations and outside grants and other money thing. Tough to say sometimes it gets in the way of doing what should be done. Knowing this for a fact I know its wrong but so are a lot of other things. In this case since we have heard rumor was he was a perv before may have made some think nothing of it. Also you have to look at the fact the prosecutor refused to indict him once....

That's what I was thinking, reaj.

How do you know they are right wingers.I'm a right winger and if he is guilty he should be tied hind end up on a Greek freighter.

that was a weak attempt at humor...mostly the forums on here are filled with so much partisan bs. I crack me up.

...by a left-winger

tied hind end up on a Greek freighter

Thanks for a great laugh :)

That's defamatory against Greek freighters...

Who is defending Sandusky? I don't see anyone doing that. Am I missing something?

Maybe he is not guilty. That's why a trial is being held.

Owen, you're right. Maybe he slipped on a bar of soap and fell on top the the boy, his penis just happend to be erect and ended up in the boy's @ss. You know the old emergency room excuse. "I didn't shove that flashlight up my @ss. I fell on it!"

sam this is not a humorus topic, and I don't see anybody defending Sandusky's actions. Perhaps it the general public's lack of knowledge about exactly how the judicial system works that leads someone to be confused to the point that Sandusky is being defended. Lets try to clear some things up.

In the USA, the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Guilt is not determined by the media, the police, or your neighbor. Guilt is determined by a jury except in cases where a defendant waives his right to trial by jury, then guilt is determined by the presiding judge.

In the USA, the accused has civil rights, which include due process. He/she has a right to an attorney and to a fair trial. This may not be popular as our society (who used to have rational thought ) now has "witch hunt" mentality. Nevertheless, civil rights are there for everybodys protection.

In the USA, if convicted of a felony has the right to appeal decision to a higher court. Appeals are granted on many grounds.

Translation: Like it or not Sandusky is at this point still innocent until proven guilty and entitled to a vigorus defense. If his civil rights are shown to be violated at trial level, it may lead to any convictions to be reversed on the appellate level, or in a mistrial. The conduct of his attorney is a gross miscarriage of justice. Just as Sandusky is entitled to a fair trial, so is the prosecution. These attys are making a mockery of the system. They should be brought up on charges and be disbarred.

I thought the left-wingers were in support of Sandusky.

The left sees Sandusky as a victim that we all need to support through these difficult times.

zeeosix. And don't forget homosexual, which is not a disorder but a chosen behavior. I find it interesting that the homosexual community is keeping very quiet about this one. But that's typical, when one of their kind gets caught they seem to vanish.

Unfortunately he'll probably enjoy it with a man so I invite him to enjoy it with a (theoretical) barbed wire baseball bat.

Bruce, he likes boys, not men. Big difference.

He likes males, clearly he is a homosexual.

Sandusky won't be sexually abused in prison. Bubba likes them young, but not quite as young as Sandusky likes them. Sandusky's money and powerful friends will likely buy him protective custody for awhile. A guard, who may be the father of a young boy, will likely become temporarily distracted as Sandusky's prison justice will be met at the end of a "shiv", not a penis.

I admit that my sense of justice does not meet with state or federal "correctional" facilities. I disagree with most of my fellow Americans. I don't condone a prison that fails to protect it's inmates. Caging even a dangerous animal without protecting it from predators is inhumane. Sandusky should face natural death after years behind bars to fully contemplate his evil deeds. Death, for most evil men is preferable to life-long imprisonment. Men like Hitler and suicide watches for convicted killers come to mind.

He will become a trophy, for any inmate who can liquidate him.

Welcome to the wonderful world of instant analysis.

NewCliche... If I am missing your point, then please make it clearer, but how is msnbc providing a "How To" guide for trying to take apart the testimony of a man who reported the worst acts committed in sports history? Reporting the facts of the trial as they happen is hardly "deplorable".

I've heard several discuss the 'position' and impossibilities....It may be that the defense already knows the position and would prefer not to have the jurors hear the details.

I agree, Zankudo. Sandusky is toast, thank God. Yes, it's easy to poke minor, irrelevant holes in the testimony of someone trying to remember the exact sequence of an event from a decade ago, but it doesn't change the fact that he knew what he was seeing, and now, so does the jury and so do we.

I suppose, yes, technically, it might have been impossible for McQueary to see the actual act of penetration, but does anyone believe that Sandusky was in that shower doing a very lifelike, but entirely innocent, Hollywood-style simulation of raping a child? Who one earth would believe that?

For the same reason I don't think Sandusky will get anywhere with an ineffective assistance appeal on this point.

Well, obviously, the defense is grasping at straws, but they're not even doing that in an enthusiastic way. There's not a lot of grey area here, and when you've got sexual abuse victims sobbing on the stand, you probably ain't doing your career any favors. They DID have a chance to really make McQueary uncomfortable up there though, and they didn't take it. I mean, the dude saw a kid getting raped and his immediate solution was to slam a locker door. My male friends range from redneck conservatives to hippie liberals, but I don't think there's a single one of them that wouldn't have physically ripped Sandusky to pieces right then and there.

Buh Bye Cho-Mo.

Once a pervert child molester always a pervert child molester.

Well, zevon, first off he got away with it, didn't he? Secondly, it is a compulsion and he wasn't exactly thinking rationally. Why not keep going...maybe be a bit more careful for awhile, though. Sometimes they even stop for a little while until they give in to that compulsion again. Ick.

Promiscuity is part of the homosexual lifestyle.

cavallodacorsa are you really that much out of touch, or just a troll? Sandusky is a pedophile; a sexual predator who likes children. This is all about power and ego not sexual preferance. Rather than keep inserting your homophobic drivel into the conversation, maybe you should wonder why it scares you so.

cavallodacorsa are you really that much out of touch, or just a troll? Sandusky is a pedophile; a sexual predator who likes children. This is all about power and ego not sexual preferance. Rather than keep inserting your homophobic drivel into the conversation, maybe you should wonder why it scares you so.

I absolutely agree with you, as a woman and a mother , their is no way I could just, let this man know that i am aware of his behavior and Just walk away from a child being abused, Even if it meant my life and all that came with it, I believe McCready, the Janitor and That School Board Are All Quilty and Should Be on trial. I have No pity For McCready,Penn State Nor that Paterno Dead or Alive Hope he have to Answer For his Part in This In Hell. Yes I said it, All Employed By that school Or was IN the Position To Stop This Monster Should Have , And Should Be held Responsible.

You are a rotten piece of crap.

@REC-2439781 Congratulations, you easily win first prize for posting the most assinine comment yet!

That's a totally stupid comment.

Tha is all.

You Sir, are a moron troll.

One of the Same... couldn't have said it better myself.