Penn State Scandal: Should Joe Paterno face charges too?

more stuff on Penn State/Paterno

Ex-PSU official saw Paterno's 'dark side'

 

It's shocking to think that new charges could be forthcoming

ESPN NCAAF More charges for Jerry Sandusky?

 

I saw that Penn State hired an ex-FBI chief to head their internal investigation. Basically he is going to run interference on the active criminal investigations (I'm betting) in order to protect the school (and likely other faculty). Granted this is only my opinion, but I’m thinking the guy was hired to pull political favors and use his insider contacts and knowledge…makes me wonder how effective he will be and what else will come to light over the next few months.

Oh in response to Kizmet...JoePa is scum even on a good day. I personally think he's more than just scum but a criminal and I hope he takes his last breath in a jail cell...or a prison shower...while Sandusky whispers sweet nothings into his ear.

 

No one deserves to be, and every one being deserves our protection from being, sexually assaulted. This includes prisoners.

Let's not forget that what Sandusky is alleged to have done - and yes, in my rough personal working model of the world, I expect he did it - is to prey on children in some trouble, who he got to know by being well-positioned in his nonprofit agency purportedly working for children.

An "at-risk" kid sent to The Second Mile, or to their local church, is, not always but often, a step away from a kid or young adult sent to juvie or jail themselves.

And what's abhorrent to us in one context should also be abhorrent in the other.

I know that kind of laughing about prison rape in an eye-for-an-eye way, or as a stock, throwaway joke or plot point not given much thought, certainly doesn't constitute direct support for, say, a wayward kid sent to juvie for one bad decision being raped by a better-placed person there. We're suffused in the idea prison rape is normal or funny in network sitcoms and dramas and everyday jokes.

But does it stand up to the culture that enables just the sort of thing Sandusky is alleged to have done?

Just something for people to think about.

Penn State Teaches Rape Culture 101 (Georgia Platts, Ms. Magazine blog, November 17, 2011)
Gentlemen, It's Called Rape Culture (Hello Ladies, November 13, 2011)





Just Detention International

 

I agree 100% with you and please do not mistake my frustrated and sarcastic comment as being my actual "belief" on rape of any sort, rather an insensitive joke (complete with irony).

 

No personal calling out intended! Just asking everyone reading to think about these things.

 

And so it starts...the first lawsuit in the Penn State scandal rolls out The Associated Press: 1st Penn State abuse suit comes from new accuser

My question is, why is he only suing for "tens of thousands of dollars"? I'm not sure what child rape is worth these days in damages, but I'm thinking it'd be at least a 2 digit figure with at least 6 zeros behind it.

 

In an effort to redeem the social consciousness reputation of Penn State, a sorority pushes forward the following campaign:

Penn State Sorority Holds Mexican-Themed Party, Proves Once Again That Mexican-Themed Parties Are a Bad Idea

 

update

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/sports/ncaafootball/three-penn-state-officials-are-ordered-to-stand-trial.html?ref=education&_r=0

 

Evidence comes to light suggesting that Penn State paid off Sandusky's accusers dating back to 1971

https://mg.mail.yahoo.com/neo/b/message?sMid=2&fid=Inbox&sort=date&order=down&startMid=0&filterBy=&ac=rCA4D_SlDK9HQnwHmLoVKDoA7Bc-&.rand=47830826&midIndex=2&mid=2_0_0_1_431597_ABN3w0MAALIdVzYKuAk%2FMHmrN5g&fromId=

 

Nothing like a good follow up story

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/13/two-former-penn-state-officials-cut-deal-in-sandusky-cover-up/21884994/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

As if the whole thing cannot get any more disgusting. Sheesh. Of course they knew about it. All of them "knew" about the whole thing.

 

10+ Disgusting!!!!!!

 

A follow-up on this also;

Nike announces that Joe Paterno Child Development Center name will be changed | OregonLive.com

 

The fallout continues;

Graham Spanier, ex-Penn State president, convicted of child endangerment - CBS News

 

Jail time

Graham Spanier, 2 Other Ex-Penn State Officials Get Jail Time in Sandusky Case – The Ticker - Blogs - The Chronicle of Higher Education

 

the apple falls

Jeffrey Sandusky Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Child Sexual Abuse

 

That gives him a higher score than the mayor of Seattle.

 

If I recall correctly, both he and his father deny that there was any childhood sexual abuse in the Sandusky home, but I don't think I believe that.