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Disgraced Former Penn State DC Jerry Sandusky (convicted child molester)

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jlb1705;2036118; said:
Right on cue...

MSNBC: Judge who freed Sandusky on unsecured bail was a Second Mile volunteer

Is there anybody in that backwards hellhole with at least a sense of propriety, if not morality?
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http://www.lasuperiorcourt.org/bail/pdf/felony.pdf

While I hate to stop a good whipping, the amount is not out of line, at least according to what is similar in LA, crime wise. The issue of secured versus unsecured is completely separate. Hell, I'd make it non-secured just so the house and property were left for the abuse victims as an asset, and not the bondsman...or at least for them all to fight over.

Now, the disclosure part is another thing. Should have been disclosed. But for all I know, it might have been a one time thing for the judge to go to an event so that she could put something on her resume as if she actually was a social service type. And like me going to a red cross function once, it does not make me suing or defending the red cross a disqualifying event. But I'm not a judge, and the effort is to prevent "appearance of impropriety" - no matter the actual influence or not.
 
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Saw31;2036177; said:
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In addition to power and control dynamics among the staff and Paterno's powerful presence in the community, a crazy tradition at Penn State was the coaches showered together after each practice and game. We never did this at Brown or at the University of Rhode Island, and my coaching friends never experienced this on their staffs.
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I cannot imagine what [Sandusky] could offer the prosecution that would entice them to let him plead down. He's the focus of the investigation; getting him is all they want, and by the looks of it, they've got him.
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OSU_Buckguy;2036164; said:
c'mon now, knappl. you don't really believe that, do you?
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OK, maybe he isn't ALL they want, but unless there are bigger fish to go after, he's the focus, based on what we know now. We can speculate that there are other, larger fish that they're going after, but in the absence of evidence what could he possibly divulge that the prosecution would allow him to plea down?
 
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Well if we believe that even a 30 year sentence is most likely the same as a 'life' sentence at this point, I suppose he could plea down from the 400+ years I've read he is facing. In that case, I would have to assume that this whole "Second Mile Pedo-Ring" rumor is true and he therefore would have something with which to bargain...
 
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Saw31;2036177; said:
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Nice find.

I had to quote more of the article...

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My time at Penn State was great regarding my classes, but not as happy regarding the football program. I was a sincere graduate student. The program projected an academics-first image, yet demanded players and grad students prioritize football 24/7.

Paterno was a bully and control freak. He picked on the staff members and banished gifted players who did not buy into his persona. He seemed a master spin doctor whose image shed a far greater shadow than his actual character.
The parallels between Paterno?s kingdom, the power and control he wielded over his minions and the very lax and deceptive response he made in 2002 to allegations that his prized assistant had been seen sodomizing a child in the showers, and the Catholic Church?s power, control and deceit in covering up its massive sexual abuse scandal are striking, yet not surprising to me.

I worked on the other side of the ball from Jerry Sandusky, but found him very talented with kids, albeit a bit more grabby and touchy with the many young boys surrounding him and his nonprofit program, The Second Mile. It appeared he had boundary issues. Memories of this now make my stomach queasy.

I never observed Sandusky committing sexual misconduct during my year and a half at Penn State.

In addition to power and control dynamics among the staff and Paterno?s powerful presence in the community, a crazy tradition at Penn State was the coaches showered together after each practice and game. We never did this at Brown or at the University of Rhode Island, and my coaching friends never experienced this on their staffs.

After a few practices, I decided to shower at home. It was one of the many things at Penn State that made me realize there was something strange about the program and its staff.

I left my Penn State assistantship a bit early to pursue a master?s degree in architecture. The disparity between Penn State?s image and reality soured me to major college coaching.

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CHU;2036109; said:
Has there ever been an educated guess by legal experts (TV/Print/Radio) as to the amount of prison time for Sandusky, if convicted?
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He's likely to get a life sentence, which in the case of a child molester in the prison system will probably be about 30 days,
 
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