I'm more pissed at the nailers who didn't end this when it started. The assistant coach knew what was going on and did things to protect the kids -- except for going to the police.

Being a rapist/pedophile is bad enough, being in a position to halt the crime and doing nothing is damning.

"nailers"? Wtf? "enablers". frkking autocorrect.

Shocked this didn't make the article...from the testimony:
"sometimes (Sandusky) would 'sneakily' put his penis in my mouth while we were showering and wrestling"

I was going to make a "Liam Neeson never taught the ninjas that/Christian Bale demanded that scene be deleted" kind of joke, but, after looking at that again I kinda don't want to anymore.

Inept? He's fighting a tank with a toothpick. When all of the facts are stacked against you, even the best lawyer in the world isn't going to have a good day in court. I strongly suspect that Amendola advised his client to take whatever deal he could get from the Commonwealth, but Sandusky insists on fighting it.

Looks like Sandusky is going to go with the "incompetent representation" appeal route.

lohphat: "nailers"? Wtf? "enablers". frkking autocorrect.

The Tiger Lilies are coming, the Tiger Lilies are coming!

But seriously, Sandusky is just one evil, sick, textbook definition of the word 'sociopath'. He wielded homophobia like a surgeon's blade, knowing exactly how much power he had over both innocent children, and, as you mention, some not-nearly-as-innocent hangers-on.

kronicfeld: Inept? He's fighting a tank with a toothpick. When all of the facts are stacked against you, even the best lawyer in the world isn't going to have a good day in court. I strongly suspect that Amendola advised his client to take whatever deal he could get from the Commonwealth, but Sandusky insists on fighting it.

Yeah, might be this too. You have a client that you basically know (or feel) like it dead guilty, but, they insist (maybe have themselves convinced in their own mind) that they haven't done anything wrong, so, you have to go forward. From the looks of it, he hasn't even attempted any sort of defense... he's actually said things and allowed witnesses to say things like he is the prosecution.

"Also Monday, Penn State acknowledged an NBC report about an email exchange between top university officials regarding accusations by assistant coach Mike McQueary that Sandusky raped another victim. Former school president Graham Spanier, ...athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz decided that not alerting the police would be "humane" to Sandusky."


Wow... All to protect some bullshiat "Football dynasty". Bunch of farking assholes.

Riveting read. You probably could have heard a pin drop in that courtroom,

keylock71: Wow... All to protect some bullshiat "Football dynasty". Bunch of farking assholes.

That's really what this whole thing is about. It seems crazy to me, and probably anyone on the outside looking in, but I get a sense that football was the entirety of life for many of the people involved. Why not do more? Because football! We can't do anything that might threaten football. It must be protected at all costs.

That's the impression that I get anyway.

kronicfeld: Inept? He's fighting a tank with a toothpick. When all of the facts are stacked against you, even the best lawyer in the world isn't going to have a good day in court. I strongly suspect that Amendola advised his client to take whatever deal he could get from the Commonwealth, but Sandusky insists on fighting it.

Hoo boy have I been there.

Still, when you're confronted with a witness like that you cut your losses and get him off the stand.

Krymson Tyde: I find it hard to believe he would intentionally commit career suicide by repeatedly displaying ineptness, but who knows?

He got a 16 year old client pregnant (later married her). If he's willing to risk career suicide by getting a 16 year old client pregnant, what makes you think he wouldn't risk career suicide in this case?

Three Crooked Squirrels: If he's willing to risk career suicide by getting a 16 year old client pregnant, what makes you think he wouldn't risk career suicide in this case?

Because, HOPEFULLY, in this instance it's not his dick doing the thinking.

Optimus Primate: Sadly, the way Amendola is handling this case looks ripe for a mistrial based on the fact that he is a bumbling fool. I can't help but think that maybe he is INTENTIONALLY "throwing" the case to make sure it has to be re-tried (and thus forcing all the victims to recount the crimes AGAIN in court)

I wonder...

Victim #4 sounds like he's ready to give that testimony until the day he sees Sandusky locked away. These aren't little kids that can be pushed around any more, and this isn't the culture that blames the victim as much as it used to.

Sandusky is going down in flames... there are more of these guys waiting to pile drive Amendola and the case is already set. The administrative enablers will, too, and need to.

If McQueary's report had been handled by the book after he filed it, this would have ended in March 2002, no matter what he did or failed to do in the Lasch shower room. But it wasn't... something serious will come of that in the Schultz/Curley trial(s).

MisterTweak: But seriously, Sandusky is just one evil, sick, textbook definition of the word 'sociopath'. He wielded homophobia like a surgeon's blade, knowing exactly how much power he had over both innocent children, and, as you mention, some not-nearly-as-innocent hangers-on.

Everything that comes out about Sandusky fits the profile exactly... these predators are not clumsy tiger-traps; they're real-life, systematic abusers. They build up trust, they find exploitable kids with weaknesses and weak family protection, develop a public front all while scouting for more victims in their network. They get it to where not only the kids don't resist but then feel that they can't say anything to anyone... not necessarily out of fear of violence but instead fearing blame and ostracism for ruining "beloved Uncle Chester."

nekom: Why not do more? Because football! We can't do anything that might threaten football. It must be protected at all costs.

That is possible, but similar predators play entire systems of people without millions of dollars and dynasties on the line frequently. It couldn't have helped that there were financial considerations weighing on their minds, and they forgot that not taking decisive, painful action could (and apparently did) keep the window open for more victims to be found and abused.

Somewhat painful then.... no. They waited until "coronary artery rupture" level pain to come around.

Owangotang: College football and the fanaticism it creates is CREEPY. Heres hoping jerry drops dead.

I don't want him to drop dead....yet. He needs to be convicted and labeled as the sick, twisted fark that he is. Then he can die.

Optimus Primate: Dollars to doughnuts he takes his life before the end of it all...

This is what I've been thinking. Ok, ok... hoping.

Dude has just always given me the creeps. Much like Benedict XVI.

Owangotang: College football and the fanaticism it creates is CREEPY. Heres hoping jerry drops dead.

Not me... I want that scumbag to live a long, deprived life in prison. He hasn't even, it seems, come to terms that he did anything wrong. He can't even seem to acknowledge that his "love of kids" put Penn State onto the rocks and shut down his decades-old charity!

Him dying with a clear conscience any time soon? To hell with that.

Now THAT is how articles should be written. Simply riveting.

Weidbrewer: Court of public opinion and all, but I've considered him unquestionably guilty since he did that interview with Costas and was asked if he was sexually attracted to children.

There's sensationalism, and gotcha questions, and mob mentality... but on the far end of the scale is the question "Are you sexually attracted to kids?"

"No." "No!" or "Not at all." Simple. Sandusky admitted guilt on national television, all while showing that he doesn't even feel guilty.

factoryconnection: Owangotang: College football and the fanaticism it creates is CREEPY. Heres hoping jerry drops dead.

Not me... I want that scumbag to live a long, deprived life in prison. He hasn't even, it seems, come to terms that he did anything wrong. He can't even seem to acknowledge that his "love of kids" put Penn State onto the rocks and shut down his decades-old charity!

Him dying with a clear conscience any time soon? To hell with that.

Yeah, this. I wanna see him live out the rest of his days in a prison cell.

I watched an episode of Matlock in a bar last night. The sound was off, but I think I got the gist of it.