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Subscribe to RSSIn an exclusive interview with Rock Center’s Kate Snow, Travis Weaver speaks out about the alleged abuse he says he suffered at the hands of former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. Weaver alleges he was abused by Sandusky more than 100 times in the Sandusky home, Penn State locker room and on trips with the Sandusky family.
ANALYSIS
Jerry Sandusky's criminal trial did not draw the attention of the nation because there was some uncertainty about the outcome. And though there is little reason to doubt he will be ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison when he is sentenced on Tuesday, our continuing interest in this case has little to do with the issues the court has to decide.
Wes Oliver is a law professor and director of the Criminal Justice Program at the Duquesne University School of Law. Based on the jury's finding of guilt on 45 of the 48 counts, the former Penn State defensive coordinator and founder of the Second Mile charity for underprivileged kids could be sentenced to a maximum of over 400 years. But the judge is not required to sentence him to anything near that. Six of the offenses carry mandatory minimums of 10 years. This does not, however, mean that Sandusky must receive a minimum of 60 years in jail. The judge will have to determine whether Sandusky serves his sentence for these individual offenses concurrently -- meaning simultaneously -- or consecutively.
None of the other offenses has such a low-end boundary, so the 68-year-old Sandusky could theoretically be sentenced to as little as 10 years.
Those unfamiliar with the criminal justice system often find it bizarre that a defendant could serve time for two or more crimes at once. After all, a prisoner serving two 30-year sentences at the same time is being punished the same as a person serving the same sentence for a single crime. Practical realities, however, require this common occurrence. If defendants were not routinely able to serve sentences simultaneously, a very substantial number of prisoners would be serving life sentences for offenses far from the worst in our criminal codes.
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Sentencing guidelines in many states like Pennsylvania instruct the judge on the appropriate sentence for each individual count. For instance, the judge is required to give Sandusky an indeterminant sentence of 10 to 20 years on the involuntary deviate sexual intercourse counts. But judges in Pennsylvania, as is common throughout the country, have almost absolute discretion to determine whether the sentences for those counts will be served consecutively. So the judge's determination of which sentences should be served consecutively will thus be the single greatest factor determining the actual number of years Sandusky receives.
A young man known as "Victim 1" and who testified against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky is suing the university claiming it cared more for its reputation than it did about child safety. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
That means that Judge John Cleland has the discretion to give Sandusky a sentence that would permit him to be released after 10 years, just as he has the discretion to give him a sentence that could require him (in theory) to spend over 400 years in prison. Given the number and seriousness of the counts, the lower end of this range seems improbable -- for any judge.
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For some judges, the upper end of this range would be an attractive option. But anything greater than 25 years would mean a life sentence as a practical matter. In other words, Sandusky's life would not be changed, practically speaking, by adding another 375 years to a 25-year sentence. A judge could see a multi-century sentence as a way to send a strong message to would-be child molesters without changing either a defendant's punishment of the state's cost of incarceration. More cynically, a judge presiding over a case with this type of profile could see a multi-century sentence as a way to grab headlines and increase his reputation as someone who dealt severely with America's best-known serial pedophile.
But Cleland is not a grandstander. We saw that time and again throughout the course of the criminal proceedings. He thoughtfully considered defense motions. Despite community pressure, he rejected a prosecution request that Sandusky not be permitted to sit on his back porch while out on bond. His tone and demeanor were measured throughout one of the most closely watched criminal cases in the history of the country. His sentence may approach the century mark, but a maximum sentence seems unlikely.
The young man known as "Victim 2" in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case spoke out for the first time through his attorneys about how the former Penn State coach abused him and stalked him with phone messages. NBC's Ron Allen reports.
Nothing about Cleland -- or the seriousness of the facts of this case -- suggests, however, that Sandusky will receive a sentence of less than 25 years. And that means a life sentence. So the only real question is how he will serve out that sentence. The Department of Corrections makes this determination and thus has a much larger role than Cleland in determining what the rest of Jerry Sandusky's life will be like.
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A battery of tests will be conducted to determine Sandusky's mental state, physical condition, his risk to others and the risk that others pose to him. He will then be classified for a level of security – minimum, medium, close or maximum. No one factor is determinative, though the serious nature of the offenses will certainly be a factor. The availability of housing meeting his security level will determine his specific placement and in making that determination, there is no official policy to prefer a facility close to the inmate's family. He could be placed anywhere in Pennsylvania.
The Department of Corrections will further have to determine whether measures are needed to protect Sandusky from other prisoners. If inmates express concern for their safety, the department takes that into consideration. But Sandusky has expressed a desire to be in the general population, at least at his present facility. If there is a safety concern, he could be given an individual cell, but otherwise remain in the general population. Or he could be placed in what is known as a special needs facility. In such facilities, there is greater supervision of the inmates due to their risk of victimization because of factors like age, or mental impairment. He could also be placed in administrative segregation for his protection, which would amount to solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. The department does not, however, have a presumption that child sex offenders will be at risk for victimization merely because of their crimes.
Former Penn State University assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky speaks to NBC's Bob Costas in a Rock Center exclusive interview. Sandusky was charged earlier this month with 40 criminal counts accusing him of sexual abuse of minors.
The Department of Corrections, over the next month, not at Tuesday's sentencing hearing, will determine what the rest of Jerry Sandusky's life is like. Just as the result of his trial was fairly certain, so is the practical result of his sentencing. Practically, the few issues that remain relate only to the level of his custody and will not be affected by his sentence.
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It is not surprising, though, that there is still considerable interest in Tuesday's hearing. Despite its foregone conclusion, Sandusky's trial drew an international audience. Our interest in the legal proceedings against Sandusky was never really about the law at all. The Bellefonte, Pa., courtroom provided merely a backdrop for our view of this human tragedy. Tuesday's sentencing hearing provides the last glimpse that focuses on Sandusky's role in the tragedy. Soon enough we will turn our attention, with the trial of Penn State officials, to the role of university officials and, as a context for understanding their actions, the part played legendary Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno in this tragedy.
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This guy should get the maximum sentence and that is 400 years. Who cares.. he needs to die in prison.
What to expect at the sentencing???
hhhmmm...bye bye forever maybe???
I hope his sentence matches the heinous crimes he committed against so many young lives and marked them forever. Low life!
Agreed but sadly, no matter what sentence they could pass down, it could never come close to a match. The best that we can hope for is that he can no longer hurt anyone else ever again.
gm chevaz
i agree however, a general popultation shower wound come close though.................
Can we please stop using the inappropriate term "alleged abuse"? There is nothing "alleged" about it . He has been found guilty of this abuse in a court of law. He is a pedophile guilty of heinously abusing dozens of male children. These children were abused by this monster and there is NO alleged about it!
Anything short of hanging by the balls will be an injustice to the victims.
Prison will not solve anything, it will be like taking a kid to a candy store.
His filthy lifestyle will turn the prison into a modern day sodom and gommorah.
Evil does not begin to describe this creep.
To hell with political correctness...
We need a giant toilet so we can flush these people, no I'm not kidding.
Anything less than 400 years is a miscarriage of justice.
hopefully...the prisoners will hold a shower...for the new arrival...
L:et him die in prison and let his body rot there afterwards, to fill out the 400 years sentence.
I was going to say I hope they do the same thing to him in prison as he did to those boys but than again he might like that. Let's hope he will NEVER get out.
Just to clear things up for you and not to defend this pedo in any way, but the only time 'alleged' is used in this article is in reference to the video with Travis Weaver. Travis Weaver is not one of the 10 people Sandusky was convicted of molesting. While there is a great likely hood that he was molested by Sandusky, since Travis has only made allegations at this point, the abuse is considered 'alleged'.
Preferably, not from natural causes.
Even if he does get a maximum of 60 years he will die not even half way through that I don't believe.
as long as he dies in prison, I don't care
Give him his request. General population.
Personally I've always been of the opinion that the families/parents of the victims of Rape should have a good hour ALONE with the convict after being found guilty. In this case, the young men he assaulted should have that same right.
It would cut down on the # of repeated rapes by scum that stay in prison for 4-5yrs then get out to repeat their crimes. It would cut down on prison overpopulation. And it would save the taxpayers a fortune.
Sadly, it's not allowed. In that case then, put him in with the general population. There's a special place in hell for rapists, and he should start the moment he's sentenced.
I called the radio stations here in denver about this story! some of my family went to penn state, and I have been to football games there years ago--What is sad--is more people knew about this! Its a small university and more people knew! Thats the sad part. And has penn state changed? I haven't seen it!
Maximum sentence. Minimum security. Why should he be any better protected than the kids he raped?
csdenver- What proof do you have that anyone knew? This man fooled professionals trained in spotting pedophiles who let him be a foster parent. He fooled professionals trained in spotting pedophiles who let him adopt children. He fooled professionals at The Second Mile trained in spotting pedophiles, who let him work alone with kids. He fooled police officers and those in the Centre County District Attorney's office. He fooled teachers & guidance counselors in high schools. So, exactly, who KNEW about this?
Sending Sandusky to prison would be like an alcoholic working as night watchman at a brewery! Not to offend any female inmates by my next statement because you surely deserve better than what I'm about to say. But, send Sandusky to a Maximun Security Women's Prison, they will for sure make him their personal b!tch for the rest of his pathetic life!
what a shame. jerry sandusky was a handsome man that all the ladies would find cute, he had all this money. thats something most men dream about to be good looking and rich. he could got any girl in the world. any! instead he marrys ugly women dotty and rapes little boys. he does have one thing in commen with us men, buy ppl stuff so they can be with. like we buy women all this stuff to try and get some, he does it with little boys and rapes them. i dont understand why did he keep going back to jerry sandusky over and over? lol. are any of these kids a little gay themselves i wonder?
RC, don't know much about children do you? They can be easily manipulated by someone who knows how. These pedophiles are addicted to their sickness & STUDY how to do their thing, preying on children, more efficiently. They know exactly what to do, what to say, how to do it, & what NOT to do in order to train these kids that what is happening is okay & right.
Sure, the kid will often realize that what is happening ISN'T right, usually sometime around puberty or a bit later. But by then alot of often permanent damage has already been done to the person's mind & self-esteem.
Heck, this is fairly easy with ADULTS. Look at the numerous examples of cults, where ONE single person has convinced hundreds of people to quit jobs, leave families, loan out their daughters, & even commit suicide .... all while being 100% convinced that the evil person talking to them is their true saviour.
The human mind is NOT that difficult to control in many types of personalities and/or ages. And the "controllers" are true professionals at what they do.
And before any of you sick SOB's start saying I sound like I know too much about how to meld people's minds, know that the reason I do is because during my 13+ years in service, I was a POW for a little over 3 months in Bosnia. While I actually was treated fairly well, along with the half-dozen other soldiers with me in the same prediciment, we WERE psychologically "tested" to near breaking. In a bizarre way, I owe something to my captors. While subjected to only minimum physical mistreatment, they showed me a great deal about just how powerful, and how weak, a human mind can be. And Ive used that to become a MUCH stronger person than I even was before ..... after figuring out how to make the wife-scaring nightmares end anyway.
So don't dare try to make this kid out to be at fault, as you seem to be doing. He is a victim, 100%.
The poll didn't have an option for castration or otherwise steralizing Sandusky so he can't force sex on anyone ever again, to go with that prison sentence...
And David, no need to...to not look like one of these cretins... Someone doesn't have to be a sick pervert to know how the mind can be influenced. Several industries and career paths specialize in just that. They're advertising, public relations, and politics. How often do politicians, advertisers, or PR reps spin stuff to either motivate, or "convince" people of things? And sometimes it's far more subtle then other times... "Marketing research" also tells companies how they can influence people's minds "more effectively", in order to motivate them into buying stuff they might not otherwise have bought... People found out generations ago that tobaco advertisers were targeting their kids, though not for sex, but rather to get them addicted to their product so they'd be life long customers, regardless of the health effects of smoking, etc...
I sat in a courtroom last month in my home state Oregon and watched the judge release a pedophile, who molested two of his children, free on probabtion. (one girl and one boy that anybody knows of anyway!!!)The reason, first offense, it was only his kids not others children. This pig also addmitted his crimes and that he was addicted to porn since middle school. When asked by the judge what type of porn he stated hetro porn of females between 20 and 25 years old. Did the idiot judge buy this??? I doubt it, but did he care??? Don't think so as he is close to retiring. This SOB was sent to live with his parents and a brother who is a registered sex offender. Guess it runs in his family. Hope the cycle is broken with his children and they get the help they need to heal somewhere because the judge certainly DID NOT give them help!!!
Pedophiles DO NOT get rehabilitated no matter what some idiot shrink says!!!!!!! First time they get caught should be the last time!!!! We can't kill'em or casterate em' so I guess we need to be locking them up, FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!! Not probation, not 10,25 or even 60. The rest of their natural life!!!!!
Skrewd, There was a case years ago where a convicted child molester. He had served his lengthy prison term and was about to be free'd and asked if he could be castrated, he warned them he would do it again. They wouldn't do it. Hey RED_CLOUD, sorry, your the expert,man on man, man on boy, it;s all greek to me :). They're not gonna kill this f^^ker and you know it. My idea would be a real deterent,ya think?
I couldn't agree more. He needs more than a slap on the wrist. And so do those who knew and did nothing to stop him.
yet ONE didn't get charged even after testimony ( and common sense) showed she knew.....why?
What to expect at the sentencing:
1. Crocodile tears
2. An insincere apology to the victims and their families
3. A plea for leniency.
As the man said, "Hey folks, it ain't rocket science."
Good Morning Bill and welcome back
Good Morning Scooter, hope your team won yesterday - mine did!
Oh and # 4 blame the victim, as in, "if he did not want to know more about Penn State football, this wouldn't have happened... However, I do hope he does not see/breathe free air for the rest of his life.
Apologies, this was a Double Post
morning guys,
glad you made it back Bill. hope it was a nice time
jack. glad Sundays over maybe the whack jobs are back in their cages, wonder why they let em out on Sunday anyway, church perhaps?
Morning, guys
German weddings are always fun. It's spelled out in the handbook.
oh and yes they did jack......Patriots fan from 74
bill been to ONE from what i was able to remember the next day it was a hoot
And now for the wife. When will legislation be passed to prosecute spouses for allowing this behavior to continue? She makes me just as sick as he does.
Scooter
Post #2.5
Notice my new avatar? go to my vine settings/info and read the top "Intro".Sure hope they are all "back in their cages> What's with Sundays I thought 2 L G had svere PMS!
Hope you noticed my team is NE Patriots and has for even when they were called the Boston Patriots with Gino Marchetti was playing with them.
Wonder where T O G1 is?
Bill, I agree on what to expect, what I would like to see if the judge whip out a 45 and end the sentencing right there. Won't happen, but one could always dream. Short of instant death, the next acceptable sentence would have to include a barrel, a rope and the entirety of general pop for the next 500 years.
Jack, I have learned not to waste my saturday or sunday on my favored teams this year. I rebuilt the adopted sons Zetec and listed to both of them piss away but yet another game.
Who knew? Show proof.
who knew..you moron...your beloved coach joe..thats who knew you twit
bend over jerry your turn!!
Well, don't blame Paterno and the rest of those pigs at Penn State---they managed to cover his sorry ass over the course of many years. What matters pedophilia and incest so long as you field a winning team? RAH RAH RAH! GO TEAM GO!
The day will come when the truth is known. All of it. When Paterno is found to not be involved in sandusky's doing will you and the others hwo have been so quick to judge be willing to say you were wrong ? Sandusky it appears now was involved in a child porn ring in 3 states. many others were dooped by this guy and serveral others. They used thier positions to blind others of prominence and everyone else for that matter,of their wrong doings. Anyone who actually believes Paterno had anything to do with what Sandusky was doing is blinded by media hype. I believe Paterno will be cleared of these alegations. and they remain alegations. He was never charged and never able to clear his own nome yet so many have him tried and convicted including his own university.
When you find a way to prove negation (i.e., that Paterno wasn't involved), let me know immediately. Mathematicians and logicians have been operating for centuries on the assumption that it doesn't exist.
i wouldn't know sarcasm if it bit me...
It's simply amazing to watch the supporters defend the whole apparatus and the narcissistic coward who ran the football program.
True, Con-science....but then, a lot of people put a lot of value on a good football team (and the $$ it generates). All else is secondary, including children and families.
Avenger, Paterno knew. The President of the college knew. The board of the college knew. They did NOTHING. They are ALL responsible.
All of you who want to lay blame on Coach Paterno are showing nothing but ignorance of the situation. Fact Paterno disliked Sandusky, Immensely.
Fact Paterno fired Sandusky and one of the reasons he wouldn't resign as head coach was because the Board of Trustee's wanted him out and Sandusky back as head coach.
Fact It was the University that gave Sandusky permissions to be at Penn State facitlities.
Fact the influence you want to give Joe Paterno just didn't exist in the last 10 years or so as he was feuding with the Board of Trustee's on a constant basis.
Fact when the truth comes out your all going to say whitewash, lies, coverup,
Paterno did report him and his superiors did NOTHING!!!! They blame lies further up the food chain!!!!!! Yet Paterno get's to be the fall guy. If he hadn't died probably would've suffered for it far more the Sandusky!!!!
they should take this bozo and pass him around at the prisons to get raped in his poop-chute, it would keep a lot of the prison population occupied and in manageable groups, get out pent up frustrations and serve justice as well. then that dingwad will never molest and ruin kinds lives again, and the people who had to See sandusky perform these abominations and live with those visual memories, day in and day out, they too will be exonerated.
Sandusky is gay. He'll likely enjoy getting it in the azz. Best thing would be to castrate him and leave him in solitary for the rest of his life. Until this sad event is forgotten, and maybe have the kids he raped have at him when their old enough to get even.
He isn't gay, he's a pedophile. There's a difference.
Buffaloe51,
Poetic justice. He's going to be surrounded by men that are too old for him to be sexually attracted too!!
lol aint gonna matter to them! hi jerry sure got a purty mouth!! loooooooooooooooooool
rot in hell dude
SHORT AND SIMPLE!!!! He goes to surgery and becomes a unick (sp) without a p---- and then is put into the general population without special security and then let the population sentence him and give him justice!!!!! I know this sounds mean and cruel but so did what he did to the kids was even more mean and cruel to them! The population will take care of the problem! This man is evil and vile!!!!!!!
These posts are to easy for him. He needs to be in prison and left alone for the rest of his miserable life. This way he will have many years to reflect on the evil he did in his life. I also belive that more should be in the cell next to him. Patrno for one but alas he died. Hope he found slavation before he died. But all the other pigs that sat by and let this happen all for the good of the school, They need a cell right next to ole Jerry. Penn State will forever be a school rememberd as a place where child rape was condoned.
What is "slavation?" Is it like salivating, or spitting? How does this fit in?
Final Justice,
What can one even say in the reflected light of of one of the most abominable and despicable cases of child abuse and molestation in modern times. The fact that Sandusky did this for so many years to so many young boys within the framework of his university's sports program and his private foundation, Second Mile, that supposedly was intended to help troubled kids is even more egregious. What's equally disturbing is that Paterno and a number of the highest school officials knew about his conduct and did nothing in order to protect the Penn State name and it's holier than thou 'reputation', and although Paterno is gone, the rest of those people need to pay for their complicency in it.
In the final analysis, there is almost no single or totally thorough and sufficient sentence that can or will ever do justice to the many innocent boys who were abused by this absolute monster. They were robbed of their innocence, their childhood and their humanity, and in ways that will haunt them more than likely for the rest of their natural lives. How can any judge or court sentence, no matter the type or length, ever put all of these young lives and their families totally back together?
As long as this animal Sandusky never ever sees the light of even one free day again, that will be sufficient to satisfy the letter of the law as it is interpreted for the purposes of sentencing. Beyond that, the real lesson in all of this in the future is for people who discover or know child abusers or sexual predators to come forward clearly and forcefully to bring these monsters to the attention of the law and to rid them from our society, permanently.
Peace to all ~
Well stated, Steve.
What proof do you have that Paterno or anyone else knew exactly what Sandusky was doing. This is a man who fooled trained professionals into letting him foster kids, adopt kids, take kids from The Second Mile alone. So how was an elderly football coach & a few administrators who don't deal w/ children and had no training in such matters supposed to know?
wryview,
It is stated in the actual eyewitness accounts and investigational correspondence of this case that the assistant coach, McQuery, as well as the Second Mile foundation manager knew as early as 1996 that Sandusky had been seen in compromising and sexual situations with several young boys that he had culled from the foundation's youth program. A few of them had come forward at the time but were dismised because they were classified as 'troubled youth' and their assertions were not taken seriously, especially against a man who had such stature in the community. The President of Penn State, his VP and his administrative assistant knew since 2000 that Sandusky was using his position in the sports program to isolate, impress and ultimately abuse these boys for his own deviant pleasure...and they stood silent and did nothing. They are and should be held accountable for the atrocities perpetuated for so many years upon these innocent boys. No one needs 'training' to know sexual deviancy or abuse when it is arises, or even if they think it is present...one only needs common sense and the urgency to do what is right for the children. Paterno and the Penn State brass were worried only about the school's century old sports legacy and their university's reputation, as well as their cushy jobs. Their 'head in the sand' cover-up and their behaviour was an absolute disgrace... period.
Peace ~
Give him a gun with one round in it. See if he does the right thing and shoots himself.
even the "cowards way out" takes gut's so.................
fmstereo, Good idea but we don't have time for 1 round in gun and Sandusky to make the right decision. Give him a hand grenade with the pin pulled and he holds it until the spoon falls free from his poor ole hand giving out. Remember, justice is supposed to be swift!
I like it guys, but I was all for let everyone in the courtroom go by in a conga line and kick him in his balls until death can be proven. If still alive after everyones first pass, keep going around, like musical chairs until job complete. Sick people like this piece can NOT be rehabbed IMHO
A Permanent Bubba Mate
volunteering?.............. or merely a suggestion?..................................:)
( sorry just couldn't help myself)
@we have had eough
I had the same thoughts. Put this piece of garbage in jail for the rest of his natural life and give Bubba the key to the cell.
Make sure the Catholic Church gets a copy of the judge's determinations.
Excellent point! A serious search would reveal hundreds of priests who would each make Sandusky look liked an angel! Since few of these perverts are put away for such a lengthy period, Sandusky needs to be sentenced to labor-intensive incarceration until his 80th birthday and then released.
Sorry, many will not agree with me, but our nation has the highest percentage of our citizens incarcerated, by far, than any other world nation. A primary factor here is that so many, as reflected in these posts, demand excessive and outrageous sentences, and never seem to remember that their taxes pay for this ridiculous system. We need a higher educational level, and we need schools that are centered around learning, rather than sports!
I so wish people would consider the vatican just as evil as the Sandusky's and all pedophiles!! It's hard to understand why people allow the Vatican to allow sexual abuse and maintain themselves as religious.
Might want to forward it to the BSA as well.
Who gives a flying fart?
maybe him soon..............:)
America's fixation on athletics, (versus academics), is nothing more than the result of a capitalist plot to mesmerize the masses. Obviously, it is working remarkably well. We have to import brain power from countries which emphasize a math and science curriculum, and utilize their educational facilities year round, as opposed to our wasteful nine month school year, and emphasis on basket weaving. No wonder we have college graduates reading at an eighth grade level. An informed/educated proletariat is not desirable in the eyes of political and business nabobs. RAH, RAH,RAH---GO TEAM GO!
Unfortunately, this matter is, I believe, a bit deeper than protecting athletics over academia. This was an effort to protect an organization, which occurs far more often than in the area of athletics. We have seen this phenomenon in the Catholic Church and other organized institutions. They cover up to protect the larger whole, in a misguided effort to protect the good that the organization has bestowed; rather than separate the acts of the few from the organization itself. In the early 60's, a teacher repeatedly molested numerous of his seven-year old students over a prolonged period of time. When the district discovered this, he was merely transferred to another district, to protect the reputation of the district where the offenses occurred. A not uncommon response then, previously or now. When something unpleasant occurs or is suspected in an organization, the ranks close. We see this in politics frequently; albeit not with subject matter so egregious as molestation, yet the psychological mechanism is the same. When an individual so strongly associates themselves with a group, they put the interests of that group in primary position, even to the point of sublimating their own sense of right and wrong, to a degree. That is the most disturbing facet of this tragedy; how an individual can avert their attention or engage in denial, at such a high human cost, in order to further the group.
I do agree that something is tragically awry that we have to import technological talent; however, we are not in full agreement as to the cause of that malady. I will leave it at that, as my response would be off topic.
Ro Mar...true true true!!!!!!!!!!!! I agree sandusky is a sicko to say the least!! but i appreciate posts like yours more than many of the rest
My guess is the judge will impose a mixture of concurrent and consecutive, but either way, the end result is Sandusky will not live long enough to breathe free air again. My second guess is his days are numbered, period - unless he is put into protective segregation, someone will get to him in prison. If he gets a short sentence (highly unlikely), someone will take him out upon release, and an "investigation" would be half-hearted at best.
If Sandusky has truly stated he wants to be a part of the regular population, it is because he has a death wish. To that end, he is a coward. Nah, he should be put in a cell 23 hours per day...along with a constant video feed of all the news reports outlining his crimes, showing him walking out of the courtroom in handcuffs, and comments from viewers telling him what a worthless piece of scum he is.
I think Dottie Sandusky needs punished too. He wasn't doing her so she had to know. She is as evil as her husband.
How do you know that he wasn't having sex with his wife? The two are not mutually exclusive.
The sentence that this pervert deserves isn't on the table. May he meet the same fate as Jeffrey Dahmer.
He has ruined many lives.
No matter what they do to this animal it really won't matter because the damage has already been done over and over again.
He needs to be put in a very very dark room with a can to pee in never to see the light of day but I know that won't happen because there are way to many bleeding hearts out there even for this horrible "human".
This piece is all over the place! First, the author begins by writing: "Jerry Sandusky's criminal trial did not draw the attention of the nation because there was some uncertainty about the outcome." Then, the author ends the piece by admitting there was INTERNATIONAL interest in the Sandusky story.
As a correspondent for Newsweek/TheDailyBeast.com who covered every inch of the trail I can tell you it has been and still is one of the most read topics I write about. Everyone has an opinion about what should happen to Jerry Sandusky
While this author has an expertise in the law - I believe the draw of this story is rooted in other subjects of interest to the general population: the desire to keep kids safe, the worry that law enforcement doesn't do enough when powerful people are suspect, the very base question of HOW COULD ANOTHER HUMAN BEING DO WHAT I WOULD NEVER DO?
BTW - I'm not sure if this author was actually there for the late night verdict and saw the communities reaction to it. (you can read about that here:
I was there to see the thousands of childhood sexual abuse victims and members of the community and the determination on their faces (and, yes, their cheers at the verdict and their signs asking for the maximum punishment) Given that, I don't think there is anyway Judge Cleland is going to go with a sentence of just 25 years. I'm looking for a triple digit sentence since Sandusky faces more than 400 possible years in prison. The community will not accept less.
Diane Dimond
This pathetic man is the SCUM of the earth.
Clearly no sentencing can ever comfort the many victims of this man's evil rampage. Perhaps by the time the many other university officials who participated in the concealment of his shameful crimes are also incarcerated, the university name, Penn State, will seem most appropriate.
What proof do you have that there was a coverup?
Since they can't execute him, giving him 400 years would work. I hope they find him one day in his cell with a shiv in him. He went from Penn State to the State Penn.
As a victim of sexual abuse at age 13, where the perpetrator has never been punished. I hope the judge sends him away for the maximum in a regular prison, no honor farm, with the general population. I live every day with the memory of the abuse I took. There are days when I wished I could have done the same to his kids, but that wouldn't be right or fair. His children shouln't have to suffer for the sins of their father. That's the only thing that has kept me from seeking revenge. Incidentally, I am 65 years old and have never been married. The memory buried deep in my heart has never given me the peace to have a normal, loving, lasting relationship with anyone.
Sorry to hear Edmund Zell, it is indeed a horrible experience, have you try to seek professional help?
You do not live with a man as long as Dottie lived with Jerry and not know what type of person he is. She knew, and she either refused to face it or turned a blind eye. She deserves all the heartache she will have over the rest of her life and she does not deserve is pension from the Univ. If she receives those funds then the victims should sue and take every single penny. Let her get a job she has sucked at the public trough long enough.
It's my opinion that Mrs. Sandusky was accustomed to a very nice lifestyle afforded by the Penn State football program, including the money and the status. It's also my opinion that she knew what was going on and valued what she had more than what was right. Jerry is a pedophile and Dottie is an enabler - a marriage made in someone's sick view of football heaven.
I agree. There's something about Dottie that just doesn't add up...I'm sure,on some level she had inklings as to what kind of man she was married to.
Makes you wonder how much she knew/saw/suspected, and why she never in all their married years thought to bring to the attention of the authorities...she can't possibly be THAT stupid, or one-dimensional.
I fully suspect,that at some point jailhouse justice will prevail,and Jerry the monster will meet his end at the hands of other inmates (wherever they send him). He'll be killed in prison,which is the right thing to have happen.Small victory for the victims.
How could she not know. I personally think that the state should seize his pension and use it to fund/offset the cost of his incarceration.
Totally agree Siestasis! Even Sanduskys adopted son was molested by her husband and this woman is 110% cupable! She needs to rot in jail, all of her assests liquidated, and her uni pension given to those poor kids who were abused! This man is a MONSTER AND HIS WIFE IS JUST AS BAD!!!
If my husband had kids sleeping over and was in the basement *sound proofed* and i was told to stay out of the basement you can bet your sweet butt id install video cams etc... no sane person can believe her horse $hit story!
People like Sandusky choose spouses who can be easily manipulated and who aren't very bright. I believe that she didn't know anything about it, as he hid it well from EVERYONE.
And the adopted son who claims he was abused.... he was adopted as an ADULT. Something about his story doesn't add up. Would you let your abuser adopt you after you were 18?
wryview - she turned a blind EYE and EAR! She is 110% responsible! After all she walked in on him with a young man at a hotel and saw and left! Again CUPABLE! These women arent manipulated - her mentality is "better off someone else putting out other than me"!
The Adopted son, was in and out of there home for years prior to the adoption, and because of his own problems being molested being the main one he was no doubt duped into giving his consent for adoption.
The only people to blame in this whole entire horrific fiasco, 1. PENN STATE FACULTY & STAFF *yes they all knew from the top down* 2. Jerry Scumdusky and his horrific Wife!!!
Prove anyone at Penn State knew, when PROFESSIONALLY trained people who approved him as a foster parent & as an adoptive parent didn't know? She never walked in on him at a hotel. She wasn't even there. And the adopted son has a very sketchy history. WHAT would have been the point of Sandusky adopting him as an adult or manipulating him? (Which given his street smarts, I don't believe he was manipulated).
Oh yeah - everyone at Penn State knew. Every student swore an oath of secrecy when accepted for admittance - shaking my head at your ignorance on the subject.
Its clear your a penn state/sandusky sympathizer wryview! And quite possibly a pedo yourself! To stand up for an organization who hid this heinous horrific act! Ya im sure of it now!
And for the record i didnt include students - you did!
As far as dottie sandusky you play bridge together or perhaps your wife? Seriously your motives are clear anyone reading your posts can tell your a pedo sympathizer!
And the reason he adopted him, because it was probably a "better than nothing bj or w/e"! And silence is bought in many forms and fashions including adoptions!
hahahaha....someone finally said something about mr penn state defender...aka wryview!!!! all of his strange posts have gone awry! he says,"as he hid it well from EVERYONE" it is a fact that many knew and did nothing!!! wryview.....your trippin!!! kick rocks...
Thanks wake-up-America! Its obvious to me and to you as well that wryview is pedo/penn state sympathizer! The guy makes me sick! Id like to throw sand in his face and spit on him! Cheers wake-up! Gotta call a spade a spade now days!
hopefully Dottie can get her eyes and ears worked on...with a little of his retirement money...since he's living off the system won't be needing it...living in the big house way to go...
Perhaps he should be put in a monastery for perverted priests and serve as their sex toy for 400 years.
Sure, Sandusky is a very disturbed man and will spend the rest of his days locked up. Still, look at all the disturbed responses by people posting anonymously. Americans in general have clearly gone down the toilet. All hope for a postive future is lost.
yupp... people ought to be kind to the nice molester...duh...
STFU, Dave!
for the people who think that sandusky is sick and needs help and to be "nice to him", what if that were your kid? anyway, all i can say is in jail the inmates don't like rapists and they sure as hell don't like a child molester. trust me he's going to get it back a hundred times over.
Are you his attorney dave, if so, you didn't get your guilty client out of this. Are you just some bleeding heart, obviously. This sick old freak and his freaky a$$ wife need to receive deterrant punishments, but they won't because that isn't available here.
IMHO perverts like this can not be rehab'ed, so the obvious choice is to eliminate them from society as cheap as possible. That said, even rotting in jail for 400 years isn't punishment enough.
Nope, nope and nope. He needs the justice system, that we fought for, for hundreds of years, to take care of his sorry self. Not you anonymous imbeciles who fantasize that you are video game executioners.
The only equitable sentence for Sandusky would be something akin to his being mercilessly beaten unconscious... with a clothes hanger... daily...for the rest of his pathetic-life.