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

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All Centre County Common Pleas Court judges recuse themselves in Jerry Sandusky abuse case - AP

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[Muck]

Looks like Jerry's famous high energy level is serving him well in his new career:

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[zincfinger]

... A second later [Franco Harris] was desperately looking around for a sideline.

Harris always claimed that he tried to avoid contact in order to extend his serviceable playing career. That might sound like pussification at first blush. But he did have a long stretch of effectiveness for an NFL running back. In contrast, a guy like Buckeye John Brockington, who set a record for rushing yards by a rookie the year before Franco joined the league, and who was known for initiating contact with tacklers, had a very short span of effectiveness. Eddie George was probably similar. The point being, Harris's claim, that he was extending his useful playing career, may have had some legitimacy to it.

 

[Buckeye513]

HuffPo: Mother Of Alleged Jerry Sandusky Victim Claims Mistreatment By Son's School

One then explained to his mother that he was being taken out of school several times a week, sometimes daily. When she pressed him, he explained that Sandusky wanted him to leave the school with him.

She said she immediately knew something was wrong.

"I didn't know about that," she said, shaking her head slowly at the recollection. "I was never aware that he [Sandusky] did that."

According to both Victim One and his mother, it was the assistant principal and varsity football coach Steve Turchetta who authorized and granted Sandusky this access, despite a lack of parental permission or notification.

Turchetta defended his actions, according to the grand jury indictment, saying that it wasn't unusual to "call a Second Mile student out of activity period at the end of the day, at Sandusky's request, to see him."

A few hours later, her phone rang. It was Probst, who she said asked her to drive to the school immediately.

Mother One already knew where this was going.

Reaching the counselor's office, she saw her son sitting in a chair and crying uncontrollably. He was, she recalled, in "an absolute meltdown."

Then, she said, the principal entered the room.

"The principal said that my son thought something inappropriate might have happened with Jerry. And of course, I instantly lost it."

As her son spoke between sobs, Mother One's worst fears were confirmed. Victim One said he was terrified, and that he thought things would only get worse.

Mother One had heard all she needed to. "Then we're going to call the police," she recalled saying. She looked at the counselor and principal, expecting them to nod, or to agree. Instead, she claims, they told her to think about it, and asked her how it would affect her family.
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"Jerry has a heart of gold, he's been around all these kids and you really should just go home and think about what this is going to do to your son and your family if you do that," Mother One recalled the principal saying.

One evening, while Mother One was shopping, she said the grandmother of one of the varsity football players approached her in a rage and, according to Mother One, proceeded to publicly berate her.

"She said, 'Thanks a lot! What are you doing getting involved for your son? Your son doesn't even play football anymore.' I remember saying, 'What are you talking about?'"

According to Mother One, the woman responded, "Oh, your son had to go and accuse Jerry [Sandusky] of abusing him and now he's not allowed to help the football team and he's not allowed around the school."

Aside from Child Youth Services, the police, Gillum, a few school administrators and immediate family members, she said she'd told no one else what had happened to Victim One.

Shocked, she asked the grandmother how she found out. Mother One recalls the woman responding that Turchetta brought it up at his weekly football parent meeting, presumably with family members of the football team.

According to Mother One, the woman added, "Coach Turchetta said these charges are never going to stick and he'll walk away."

"She never asked me if the charges were true. She just finished up with, 'Thanks a lot. Now our football team is going to lose and it's all because of your son.'"

It goes on, including more about the school.

 

[Muck]

It goes on, including more about the school.

...and there goes all of the respect I had for the principal for 'doing the right thing'.

 

[scarletmike]

JFC, that whole place is a sick, twisted hell hole where everything is built around protecting the school and certain people there. That place shouldn't be allowed to have its own anything for a long time. I think the next meteor game we should be pulling for is a scUM/PoSU matchup. Heck, I'd rather put up with The Whore for the rest of eternity than that pedo-protecting valley.

 

[Muck]

Emmert's letter to PSU:

http://www.psu.edu/ur/2011/NCAA.pdf

 

[Muck]

Former FBI director Louis Freeh, tapped to lead Penn State's investigation into the child sexual-abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach,...

Freeh Has Some Ties To Penn State, Probe

Former FBI director Louis J. Freeh, the head of Penn State's self-investigation, has ties to a university fundraiser and possibly the man leading the state's investigation into child sex abuse at the school.

The Wilmington News Journal says Freeh once worked with Ric Struthers, a big contributor affiliated with Penn State.

Freeh was general counsel of MBNA in Wilmington when Struthers was a top executive.

Struthers is also on the board of directors of The Second Mile, the charity that was founded by Jerry Sandusky.

Sandusky is the former Penn State assistant coach who faces numerous sex-abuse charges in the Penn State scandal.

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[LightningRod]

Legal strategy in Sandusky criminal case analyzed

The first real test of legal strategy for Jerry Sandusky will come in two weeks when he and his attorney will have to choose whether to go ahead with a preliminary hearing on the 40 sexual abuse counts against him or waive the hearing to Centre County Common Pleas Court.

Criminal defense attorneys who specialize in sexual abuse cases and high-profile trials believe that it is absolutely necessary for the former Penn State University defensive coordinator to go through with next month's preliminary hearing. To do otherwise, they say, would be a tactical mistake.

"I'd postpone it, and [then] I'd prepare it like I was preparing for trial," said William Difenderfer, the attorney who successfully represented Robert J. Boyda Jr., an oral surgeon who was accused of molesting multiple patients while they were under sedation. "You get a practice swing at these guys."

The hearing, which had been scheduled for Dec. 7, on Tuesday was pushed back to Dec. 13. That announcement came the same day that the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts reported that all of the judges in Centre County have recused themselves from the Sandusky case.

The state office has now appointed McKean County Senior Judge John M. Cleland to the case. Until he can assume jurisdiction, the AOPC said that any miscellaneous petitions will be heard by Common Pleas Court President Judge Kathy A. Morrow, who sits on the bench of Perry and Juniata counties.

The purpose of the preliminary hearing is to determine whether there is enough evidence against a defendant for a judge or jury to rule in favor of the prosecution. Westmoreland County Senior Judge Robert E. Scott will preside over Mr. Sandusky's preliminary hearing.

Mr. Sandusky's attorney, Joseph Amendola, did not return a phone call seeking comment.

In a case like the one against Mr. Sandusky, which was laid out in a 23-page grand jury presentment, it is likely a preliminary hearing will include testimony from at least some of the eight people identified as victims by the state attorney general's office.

That, Mr. Difenderfer said, is essential to figuring out the defense of the case.

"If they're going to be dynamite witnesses, I want to know now," he said. "If they're going to crumble, I want to know now."

The idea, Mr. Difenderfer continued, is to have full and thorough cross-examination and try to get the victims to say something inconsistent.

"I'd much rather them be under oath and screw up," he said. "Then we crush them. Even innocent mistakes are points in our favor."

Thomas Mesereau, a California attorney who represented Michael Jackson on child sex abuse charges in 2005, said often the defense team doesn't want to reveal its strategy to prosecutors that early in a case.

But sometimes, it's necessary.

"Right now, it's the honeymoon period for prosecutors," Mr. Mesereau said. "None of this has been challenged. The defense hasn't yet been able to investigate the allegations of the victims."

Included among the issues the defense likely will raise -- in addition to inconsistencies -- Mr. Difenderfer said, is the prospect of civil litigation being filed by the named victims against Mr. Sandusky and Penn State.

"There are going to be more kids coming out of the woodwork, and they're going to be looking for money," he said.

That, too, can work in favor of the defense by showing a hidden motive in reporting the crime.

Every little bit done to undermine the prosecution case could lead to a negotiated plea, Mr. Difenderfer said.

There can be benefits to waiving a preliminary hearing in a criminal case. They can include an agreement between the prosecution and defense to get discovery turned over more quickly than is legally required; or possibly having an agreement for a bail reduction, and occasionally, the prosecution may even withdraw serious counts in a case when a defendant agrees to forgo the preliminary hearing.

But those offers are unlikely in a case like this, said Chris Capozzi, a former prosecutor with both the Allegheny County district attorney's office and the state attorney general's office.

He thinks it's likely the prosecution in the Sandusky case will welcome having the preliminary hearing.

"Some of the truly, truly gory details that aren't part of the grand jury presentment will be [made] part of the public record and will make it even more difficult for Mr. Sandusky to defend the charges," Mr. Capozzi said.

It may be difficult for the alleged victims to testify, but he doesn't think that will impede the case.

"This is a case where witnesses have been interviewed, been prepared to testify at grand jury and [will be] prepared to testify [at the preliminary hearing,]" Mr. Capozzi said. "I wouldn't think they'd be surprised."

Mr. Difenderfer acknowledges that getting more detail out about the alleged crime could hurt the defense. But, he said, it's too late to worry about that.

"How does it get worse for this Penn State guy? It's all already out there," Mr. Difenderfer said.

 

[alexhortdog95]

On its way to Penn State:

 

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JFC, that whole place is a sick, twisted hell hole where everything is built around protecting the school and certain people there. That place shouldn't be allowed to have its own anything for a long time. I think the next meteor game we should be pulling for is a scUM/PoSU matchup. Heck, I'd rather put up with The Whore for the rest of eternity than that pedo-protecting valley.

LSUFreak needs to do a Deliverance .gif. The possibilities are endless.

 

[Dryden]

LSUFreak needs to do a Deliverance .gif. The possibilities are endless.

That would be an insult to the people portrayed in Deliverance.

This calls for a John Waters/Divine film clip ... something out of Pink Flamingos.

 

[localyokel]

JFC, that whole place is a sick, twisted hell hole where everything is built around protecting the school and certain people there. That place shouldn't be allowed to have its own anything for a long time. I think the next meteor game we should be pulling for is a scUM/PoSU matchup. Heck, I'd rather put up with The Whore for the rest of eternity than that pedo-protecting valley.

Burn it to the ground. Salt the earth. Then bury it.

BTW, you do realize they have to pick a jury from these maniacs.

Ol' Jer' may walk away yet.

 

[generaladm]

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archiv...charges_may_be_looming.aspx#comment-370416846

More charges could be in store for Jerry Sandusky, and he may be sent to jail before his Dec. 13 preliminary hearing, his attorney told ABC News today in an interview.

Joseph Amendola, Sandusky?s attorney who has maintained his innocence since charges were brought, said new charges against his client may be looming as a result of more people coming forward and saying they were abused by Sandusky. These additional charges, Amendola said, could increase Sandusky's bail amount and send him to jail.

Sandusky has not yet been charged with any additional counts outside of the charges filed against him at the beginning of the month, according to court documents. On Nov.5, Sandusky was charged with 40 counts on seven different charges that he sexually abused eight boys.

A representative from the Centre County Courthouse Administration could not comment on additional charges. The Daily Collegian has left messages with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General and the Pennsylvania State Police regarding additional charges.

Also in the interview, Amendola alluded to a potential defense strategy that he may use in trial in defense of Sandusky, saying there is no way Sandusky could have committed crimes against boys in his home because there was always many people in the home. Amendola said Sandusky had six adopted children and three foster children at the time the incidents at his home happened, according to the grand jury report.

?His house was like a hotel, particularly on football weekends,? Amendola said in the interview.

 

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http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archiv...charges_may_be_looming.aspx#comment-370416846

Also in the interview, Amendola alluded to a potential defense strategy that he may use in trial in defense of Sandusky, saying there is no way Sandusky could have committed crimes against boys in his home because there was always many people in the home. Amendola said Sandusky had six adopted children and three foster children at the time the incidents at his home happened, according to the grand jury report.

?His house was like a hotel, particularly on football weekends,? Amendola said in the interview.

If that's his best defense, I think he's going to be in trouble.