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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Thu Jun 21, 2012, 11:19 AM Jun 2012

This is why Sandusky may not have taken the stand:

Sorry it's hard to read:

Checkmate.
Letting him testify may have been the best thing for the prosecution. However, maybe they didn't want the jury to see him as a stupid, befuddled OLD man. That may have created unwarranted sympathy.

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This is why Sandusky may not have taken the stand: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jun 2012 OP

Maybe. n2doc Jun 2012 #1

n2doc

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1. Maybe.

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 11:22 AM

Jun 2012

But every interview I have heard with him has been damning. He comes as close as he can to admitting that he did sodomize those boys, and justifies it by saying he 'loved them' and that 'he did so much good for so many'. He is incredibly creepy sounding.

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