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Why the Costas Interview?

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Everybody knows by now that Jerry Sandusky was interviewed by telephone by Bob Costas of NBC, and the interview broadcast later yesterday evening on Rock Center. Of course, Sandusky asserted his innocence. ????? ???? ????? What else would he do? However, the big question is “Why?”. Why did he choose to be interviewed on national TV?

My thoughts are that his attorney, Joe Amendola, staged the whole thing as part of his defense strategy, setting up a McQueary versus Sandusky main event. The burden of proof is, of course, on the prosecution. ????? ????? ?? ???????? As far as you and I know, all the prosecution has is what is contained in the grand jury presentment. Amendola thinks that no one other than McQueary has witnessed Sandusky doing anything illegal and none of the alleged victims have stepped up to testify against him. The witness of the 2000 episode is now suffering from dementia, unable to testify. Additionally, with the media frenzy having blown the whole thing out of proportion with conjectures and innuendos, Amendola will argue that there is no venue in the United States that hasn’t been tainted by media bias. So, why not give Sandusky a little more media coverage, proclaiming his innocence? bet365 arab It couldn’t hurt!

Well, that’s what I think he has up his sleeve, anyhow. I’d like some of the legal folks out there to comment on this. What do you think?

Oh, by the way, Amendola impregnated a 17 year-old schoolgirl who expressed interest in the law when he was 49. Let’s get that out of the way so we don’t dwell on it. Amendola is not on trial here.

 

 

SNL Lampoons Penn State

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A clip from the Saturday Night Live Weekend Update on November 12, 2011 lampooning the Penn State scandal. This was done as tastefully as it could have been. bet365 arabic While it strikes nerves, it does provide some comic relief. We need humor in our lives, especially when we’re surrounded by darkness.

Hard Times at Old Main

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In a not so stunning development, Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley and Acting Vice President of Finance and Business Affairs Gary Schultz have stepped down from their upper echelon administrative posts at the university. ???? ????? ?? ??????? After an emergency board of trustees executive meeting this evening, President Graham Spanier announced that Curley would take administrative leave to devote full time to his criminal defense, while Schultz will return to retirement. ???? 365 ?????

The other action taken today by the university was to ban Sandusky from the campus, a move this Turkey feels is too little and too late. Taken now, it is symbolic and meaningless. It will not help the children who have been allegedly victimized over the years by Sandusky due to negligence by the university. When the first incident was reported in 1998 was the time for this step to have been taken; doing so could have possibly prevented some of the incidents that followed. Instead, the university police buried the report and Sandusky was allowed to return, retire, and maintain an on-campus presence with full use of facilities due to his emeritus status. ???? ?????? Those facilities included the saunas, showers, and locker rooms where some of the alleged improprieties occurred.

Spanier will be issuing a statement in the morning. There likely will be more surprises as the day wears on and, of course, your Turkey will be here to comment on them.