Penn State and "justice system"

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  1. maurreen

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    It looks like police and prosecutors also failed.

    From the Globe & Mail timeline, at The downfall of a coaching legend - The Globe and Mail

    1998 --
    Detective Ronald Schreffler testifies Sandusky says, “I understand. I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won't get it from you. I wish I were dead.”
    ...
    Sandusky admits showering naked with Victim 6, admits to hugging Victim 6 while in the shower and admits that it was wrong.
    The case is closed after then-Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar decides there will be no criminal charge.

    March 27, 2002 (approximate) —
    The graduate assistant is never questioned by university police and no other entity conducts an investigation until the graduate assistant testifies in Grand Jury in December 2010.

    Spring 2008 —
    Termination of contact with Victim 1 occurs when he is a freshman in a Clinton County high school. After the boy's mother calls the school to report sexual assault, Sandusky is barred from the school district attended by Victim 1 from that day forward and the matter is reported to authorities as mandated by law.

    Apparently legal authorities didn't get serious until this:
    Early 2009 —
    An investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general begins when a Clinton County, Pa. teen boy tells authorities that Sandusky has inappropriately touched him several times over a four-year period.
     

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