Sandusky Guilty on 45 of 48 counts.

[femmocrat]

Last edited Fri Jun 22, 2012, 11:18 PM - Edit history (2)

He will never see the light of day again in his lifetime. He was taken directly to jail. Amendola said he wasn't a flight risk, but that didn't fly. He is in the police cruiser as I am typing this. On his way to Centre Co. jail.

Formal sentencing in about 90 days.

NBC is reporting that he faces a min. of 60 yrs. in jail.

Sandusky's attorney, Amendola complaining that he didn't have enough time to prepare the defense and plans to appeal. Praised the judge for his fairness.
Saying that Sandusky didn't testify because the prosecution would have used his son Matt as rebuttal witness. Crowd is heckling Amendola for implying that Sandusky could still be innocent (?). Appeal would be based on continuance order, inability to call witnesses, and rush to trial. Crowd is cheering that Sandusky received in effect a life sentence.

PA Atty General Linda Kelly addressing the crowd now. (10:48 p.m.) Cheering from crowd for her team and for the brave victims. She gave a long speech and took a couple of questions but didn't give very detailed answers. Someone was heckling her during her speech. It could have been about why it took so long to prosecute, because she said that was a subject "for another day". She said the other trial(s) haven't been scheduled yet and then walked back into the courthouse.

Pittsburgh local news reports that none of the jurors will be addressing the media (at least tonight).

[cynatnite]

1. Good. n/t

[RandySF]

2. Rot in Hell, Jerry Sandusky!!

[teddy51]

3. Fantastic news! Throw the key away on this POS.

[aquart]

4. YES!

[Arkansas Granny]

5. Good.

[riderinthestorm]

6. Yup. So glad. nt

[Kalidurga]

7. Wth did they find him innocent on?

I guess it doesn't matter, he will be in jail the rest of his life. I wish his wife was serving as well.

[femmocrat]

8. I'm waiting to hear that, too. Listening to local news in Pittsburgh.

[markpkessinger]

19. Juries do not find anyone "innocent" of anything ...

... The merely pronounce a verdict on whether or not they believe guilt on the charges before them to have been proved beyond a reasonable doubt. In this case, they found that on 45 of the 48 counts, guilt was so proved; and on 3 of those counts, guilt was not proved beyond a reasonable doubt. That doesn't mean they have pronounced him "innocent" on those charges, but merely that the case for guilt was not sufficient for a finding of "guilty." That's an important distinction.

[Samantha]

34. It might have been the janitor's statement on what he saw

They sent out a question during deliberations regarding the evidence a janitor had previously supplied on certain charges before he became senile. The jury's question regarded legally how much weight evidence given toward those counts could be still be allowed since the janitor today was not "available" to repeat his eye-witness testimony. They might have decided it was better to not take any risks with their verdict; if there was a question on a couple of charges, it would be better to find only guilty on those charges that were unquestionably proven in this trial, because to include guilty charges on those counts with a question-mark on the evidence hanging over them would give further grounds for an appeal. Just a guess.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

9. Seen on twitter:

"It took a jury 21 hours to do what Penn State couldn't manage to do in nine years."

[teddy51]

10. Certainly makes one wonder why they aren't on trial with this POS.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

12. They ought to have been, along with his complicit wife. n/t

[femmocrat]

15. There is an on-going grand jury inquiry, acc. to MSNBC.

The two administrators, Curley and Schultz, who were fired when the allegations came out, are supposed to be tried as well.

[Posteritatis]

13. Ouch. (nt)

[rocktivity]

17. DING DING DING! ProfessionalLeftist, you're our grand prize winner!

"It took a jury 21 hours to do what Penn State couldn't manage to do in nine years."

And WHY couldn't they manage it? Because the welfare of a child didn't matter to Penn State as much as their heritage and image and donations and income streams.

Sandusky literally had an empire going: an endless supply of disadvantaged victims less likely to be believed, parents who could be dismissed as money-grubbing, upper management and local law enforcement looking the other way, and most valuable of all, colleagues who were willing to keep quiet...


rocktivity

[DinahMoeHum]

18. One item at a time, please. Those PSU higher-ups will be getting theirs

sooner rather than later.

If not in criminal court, then in civil court. They'll most likely be sued for everything they have.

Just sayin'

[MrScorpio]

11. His victims...

May they find peace.

[TBF]

26. +1 nt

[Number23]

14. Wow! Really! Thank God

Wonder what will happen to his wife? And the other people who actually went on the stand in DEFENSE of this man.

[sandyshoes17]

16. 2 guilty verdicts

Didn't someone in the catholic church get convicted yesterday. Finally these bastards are paying for what they got away for years. The party's over boys.

[markpkessinger]

20. I tust this will put to rest some of the scurrilous speculation about the jury's ability ...

... to render a fair verdict.

[beac]

21. So glad that the jury didn't buy any of that sleazebag Amendola's

attempts to smear and blame the victims.

Now I hope the victims sue Dottie into the poorhouse. She KNEW!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Justice has been done.

What a relief.

Now, I hope that his victims can find closure.

[blue neen]

23. Too bad Tom Corbett can't be indicted for covering up the case when he was Attorney General.

He was another enabler of this pedophile.

I'm so glad that the jury did its' job!

[sufrommich]

24. Are those reporters yelling and interrupting

Linda Kelly?

[taught_me_patience]

25. AMF

I'll bet he kills himself before jail.

[liberaltrucker]

29. Won't happen

He'll be on suicide watch. Unfortunately.

[blue neen]

27. Bless the victims for having the courage to testify.

It had to be so very difficult for them. They helped to put a monster away, Thank God.

[Zanzoobar]

28. Sadly, it should probably be 480 out of 500

Most of his victims are probably unknown and will remain unknown.

I hope he is killed quickly in prison. I don't want him to suffer. I want him out of my universe.

[wake.up.america]

38. Don't want to see him whacked in the big house.

I think he will live in relative isolation for the rest of his life.

[DemoTex]

30. OK .. Now go for those who covered for him.

This is the most egregious offense an adult in a position of responsibility (in an athletic program .. or anything) can perpetrate. BUT, there is so much lesser shit going on in college athletics that needs to be investigated (hey, hey ... Auburn, check six!). What a crime-ridden racket.

[curlyred]

31. Exactly- they should all rot in hell n/t

[rhett o rick]

32. Exactly. His wife should get prosecuted. nm

[liberaltrucker]

33. Irrelevant to this thread

Alleged payola to athletes or their family members is NOTHING compared to this monster.

If Auburn, et al, violated NCAA rules, the NCAA will eventually deal with it. Just ask USC.

[emilyg]

35. Good.

[99Forever]

36. Justice is served.

May the time he serves be enough for some small comfort to the people he has victimized.

[wake.up.america]

37. What about those who knew and did nothing...

Especially his wife.

Isn't there a legal obligation to report such repulsive behavior? If there is no such law, I suggest legislators work on it. In such a case, it must have been obvious that some sort of inappropriate behavior was going on.

[wake.up.america]

39. I can picture Sandusky being placed on suicide watch

He looks to be in a terrible state. Not that I have much sympathy for him.