Mammoth Jones
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Tough shit for protecting a pedophile?
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Penn State football pedophilia thread (UPDATE: NCAA sanctions handed down)
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Tough shit for protecting a pedophile?
Gary Whitta
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"I don't dispute the jury's verdict" - when your defense lawyer is saying that in public, what's left?
ReturnOfTheRAT
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He already said earlier he expected this.
ElRenoRaven
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To free a wrongly convicted innocent man according to this scumbag.
NCAA action will take time. The current players and staff at that time will be able to make other arrangements.
GoldenEye 007
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For the NCAA guys, again, the NCAA is actually looking into this and has notified PSU about with might be coming... I think the NCAA will wait until after the federal government is done, though.
Here is the NCAA notice.
Here is the NCAA notice.
Neuromancer
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I know defense attorneys get paid a shit ton of money for this stuff (one I know gets $25K just for going to trial) but man I couldn't live with myself.
EatinOlives
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Very poorly might I add. Then again, his already shitty argument that the other victims "did it for le monee" wouldn't at all work against the son.
ElRenoRaven
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Same here. I could never be a defense lawyer for the same reason. I loved the way the crowd cheered when he said that essentially this was a life sentence.
Pollux
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You would be surprised how easy it is...(working for a medical malpractice defense firm this summer...it's quite easy...just put "allegedly" before everything and don't contemplate the alternative)
Gary Whitta
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I don't know why Amendola would even do this. Yes, under our justice system everyone is entitled to a defense, but once it's over and done, why make yourself look like even more of a prick by going out there and continuing to whine about Sandusky's innocence?
Devolution
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Shouldn't end here. No one will convince me there weren't people completely aware of his shit who need to be prosecuted as well.
I agree. People hiding a pedophile so they can get some more football money. SMH
ElRenoRaven
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Oh well all can agree on that Devo without a doubt. 100 percent we can all agree on that.
legendnthamaking
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I really think they should reopen the case into the first district attorney who investigated Sandusky in 2005 who "mysteriously" went missing. Especially if Mark Madden's story of Sandusky being tied to a ring of rich pedophiles is true.
Because he's a molesting freak like Sandusky. He got a 16 year old girl pregnant.
Because he's a molesting freak like Sandusky. He got a 16 year old girl pregnant.
Gary Whitta
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Who the fuck would ever want to be represented by Amendola after this? The guy is fucking radioactive. Even an innocent defendant would have any jury looking at him hard once they see this guy step up to defend him.
Pollux
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Because he's getting paid to do that extra whining.
For sure.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Paterno knew, but didn't want to "know." The assistant coach was a coward. The charity that Sandusky was a member of are frauds and should have a lot guilt in this.
Devolution
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I'm sure Penn State would like to pretend different though.
CrazyDogg77
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I agree completely.
ElRenoRaven
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Of course. If they had it their way this shit never would have come to light. And I do have to agree now this random clapping and cheering is getting a bit weird.
I'm sure we'll hear about it in a decade or so if they keep up their current pace.
Devolution
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I think the most truly disgusting person so far is his own damn wife. Pure victim blaming horseshit from someone who managed to never notice soiled underwear, boys crying or screaming? Whatever, lying sack of shit.
EatinOlives
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She must have, at the very least, suspected something. Where to go from there? Blame the victim of course!
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
I guess I view Amendola differently as an attorney.
I would not have been able to live up to my duties as an attorney had I been his position. And, I felt he was gracious in his defeat, and realistic about what happens next and his chances.
But that's more of a professional critique than anything else.
I would not have been able to live up to my duties as an attorney had I been his position. And, I felt he was gracious in his defeat, and realistic about what happens next and his chances.
But that's more of a professional critique than anything else.
EatinOlives
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What the hell was that guy yelling out just now?
I'd like to know this too.
ElRenoRaven
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She said she'd answer his question after she was done. So I assume it was just some reporter getting antsy and wanting a question answered already.
From some of the other articles that have been posted, I think they were less concerned with football money, and more concerned with protecting their personal investments wrapped up in Sandusky and the second mile.
SolidSnakex
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One victim said that he screamed for help while he was in their basement and she was at home. She knew but she covered things up just like every other person that could've helped.
RiccochetJ
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Why should that make any difference? The NCAA lowers the hammer on programs that give kids rent money! They should use the nuclear option on this kind of disgusting corruption.
Edit:
Do you really think that the retirement home and golf course they were planning on building wasn't going to have Paterno himself advertising it?
Devolution
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She should be serving a sentence too then. Everyone who had a hand in covering his tracks and making sure more kids were victimized deserves to be in prison too.
ElRenoRaven
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That's one reason I tend to wonder about the rumors of the sex ring of rich donors. Why would she turn such a blind eye unless there was money and power to be had by turning a blind eye?
DenogginizerOS
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Lack of Institutional Control. That and the civil lawsuits may destroy not only PSU football, but the University as well.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Loud assholes are everywhere these days.
Devolution
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Denial. Selfishness. Who knows.
Appeals. Court system takes FOREVER to finally sentence and say "no, your sentence stands. That's final."
zmoney said:
Remember when "trolled" meant more than the internet definition? Pepperidge Farms remembers...
In any case: Good. I hope there is no appeal or they get denied quickly. Dude needs to be locked away for good.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
You know...that made me think about the many, many times I've been around Mrs. Sandusky. Maybe there was someone terribly hurt, scared and shocked into denial about her and the only way she could keep things together was to be the perfect mom/wife. Because, that's what I remember of her, she was like everyone's mom when we were over there.
On the other hand, Jerry was like everyone's dad.
Emerson
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If that shit about the kid screaming while she was there is true then death penalty for her too. What abhorrent people.
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