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Jameis Won’t Be Charged

Posted on December 5, 2013 Written by The Nittany Turkey

ESPN is reporting that FSU all-everything Heisman candidate super-frosh quarterback Jameis Winston will not be charged with rape for an alleged sexual assault that allegedly occurred an alleged approximate year ago.

I wonder how much money changed hands.

Call me a cynic, but this thing has big bucks written between the lines. I’m not saying that the girl was looking for a payoff. Either Winston is guilty or he isn’t, but this one will never see a courtroom. If he did it and somehow is not being charged, it is a travesty of justice. If he didn’t (i.e., it was consensual, as he said) and the alleged victim was shaking him down, then he learned a lesson about where he puts his dick from now one.

In any case, this paves the way for Winston to complete the season, win the SSMNC, and get his Heisman, not necessarily in that order.

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Waiting

Posted on June 22, 2012 Written by The Nittany Turkey

Jerry Sandusky smiled a lot during the prosecution’s closing statement, perhaps out of nervousness. Now he must wait for twelve of his supposed peers to decide his future residence and how long he’ll be living there.

Meanwhile, I’m watching Twitter, which has been dominated today by links to the just released Sandusky “love letters” to alleged Victim 4. Bleaaachh! The word “creepy” has been used a lot. It is probably as good as any that don’t involve four-letter epithets.

Now, Sandusky’s adopted son Matt has stepped forward, telling the world that he suffered the same type of sexual abuse as “Jer’s” accusers allege. Why he chose this timing to do a 180 when he had previously been on record denying any such contact with his step-dad is a mystery. The jury is sequestered and knows nothing about this turn of events.

However, Matt’s accusation could open up a whole new can of worms, should the current case against Sandusky falter.

Obviously, juries can be fickle, and so, whether the “tickle monster” will be convicted on some or all counts is unpredictable.  If he is convicted only on minor counts, he won’t serve much time, if any. Presumably, such a decision or a complete acquittal by the jury could trigger a whole new trial founded on the basis of Matt’s allegations. If we are to believe Matt after his flip-flop, this represents a Plan B, a fallback to put Jerry Gump away for life.

One of the “love letters” mentions how much Jer enjoyed playing “Polish soccer” with the young boy. One Tweeter remarked, “Sandusky mentions ‘polish soccer’ in his letters. What exactly is it? Code for ‘soap soccer’? Maybe poles play a different kind of soccer…”

The jury deliberated until very late last night and picked up again this morning. The only indication of their progress was a request from the jurors for a replay of the Mike McQueary testimony. Attorneys from both sides re-enacted the questioning session, with Chief Deputiy Attorney General Frank Fina playing the role of Paterno’s favorite sideline whipping boy. McQueary, of course, was the only eyewitness to present testimony to them. The jury’s request reveals that a lot hinges on Big Red’s account of the scene he saw and the sounds he heard. Note well, that between the Grand Jury testimony and the trial testimony, McQueary changed his mind about the date the incident occurred by a full year, which might somewhat damage his credibility with the jury.

Real world factors can and do influence juries. The first weekend of summer is nigh, and these people have families to play with. The judge has ordered the jury to deliberate on Saturday and Sunday if necessary. Will the jurors rush to judgment in order to be discharged by the weekend? Will an intransigent juror cave in to demands by his or her colleagues because of a “let’s get this over with” mentality? No one knows yet.

At this moment, the jury has re-entered the courtroom to deal, they say, with a supplemental charge. They had questions about hearsay evidence involving the janitor who is now too mentally incompetent to testify. Recall that the judge had allowed hearsay evidence from one of this janitor’s workmates about the night of the incident.

I don’t know these people of the jury, but I believe that they’ll be diligent in their deliberations, unlike the Casey Anthony and O.J. Simpson juries. I believe that they will convict him on enough of the major charges to remove the scourge of the “tickle monster” from society to a place where he belongs.

Remember the old prison joke that goes like this:

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OK, I’m not going to tell the joke, but suffice to say that the representation above is a before and after picture. I heard it at a safety orientation at ADP Marshall delivered by a site safety director named Winston. Oh, hell, I’ll tell it, as you might never have the opportunity to attend one of Winston’s safety lectures. The top picture is your asshole before you go to prison, while the bottom one is your asshole after you’ve been there for a week. (Sorry, the devil made me do it.)

Waiting for this verdict is surely a gigantic pain in the ass, but this Turkey hopes that once it is rendered, the worst of the bad times for Penn State will have been put behind us. Turkey hope springs eternal.

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Filed Under: Current Events, Penn State Scandal Tagged With: jury, molestation, pedophilia, Sandusky, sexual assault

McQueary Throws the Monkey Wrench

Posted on May 10, 2012 Written by The Nittany Turkey

All of a sudden, the date on which then graduate assistant Mike McQueary witnessed Jerry Sandusky’s alleged criminal act has changed.

The Grand Jury Presentment, which is the basis for the original sexual assault charges against Sandusky and the perjury charges against Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, reflects McQueary’s testimony that the alleged attack occured on March 1, 2002. However, now that his whistleblower suit is at the fore, McQueary changed his mind. The court filing, presumably drafted with McQueary’s participation, shows the date of February 9, 2001.

That’s a bit of a problem for a few reasons.

For one thing, because the perjury charges against Curley and Schultz were based on McQueary’s sworn testimony that the incident occurred on March 1, 2002, the perjury case is at least jeopardized and might wind up being tossed out of court because the earlier date places at least some of the basis for the perjury beyond the statute of limitations. Perjury is not a capital crime.

Another problem is that fooling around with the date casts doubt on McQueary’s credibility. Why should anyone believe him at this point when he has changed his story several times? His meandering, whether it be mendacious or just sloppy testimony could provide an immense bonus to the Sandusky defense.

For example, his initial statement to the police in 2010 states, ” On the Friday before spring break in either the year 2001 or 2002, 2002 I think… bla bla bla…” Look for a bevy of attorneys to tear McQueary limb from limb. Naturally, Sandusky’s attorney, Joseph Amendola, is at the head of the pack.

“I don’t know if it’s a lie as opposed to faulty memory, and if it’s faulty memory, what else has he misremembered? [sic]” stated Amendola.

Pulitzer prize winner Sara Ganim of the Patriot-News has more on the subject.

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