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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
(31,011 posts)RandySF
(59,902 posts)teddy51
(3,491 posts)aquart
(69,014 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,545 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)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
(28,394 posts)markpkessinger
(8,409 posts)... 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
(9,314 posts)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
(4,982 posts)"It took a jury 21 hours to do what Penn State couldn't manage to do in nine years."
teddy51
(3,491 posts)ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)The two administrators, Curley and Schultz, who were fired when the allegations came out, are supposed to be tried as well.
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)rocktivity
(44,588 posts)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
(21,843 posts)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
(73,631 posts)May they find peace.
Number23
(24,544 posts)Wonder what will happen to his wife? And the other people who actually went on the stand in DEFENSE of this man.
sandyshoes17
(657 posts)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
(8,409 posts)... to render a fair verdict.
beac
(9,992 posts)attempts to smear and blame the victims.
Now I hope the victims sue Dottie into the poorhouse. She KNEW!
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,843 posts)What a relief.
Now, I hope that his victims can find closure.
blue neen
(12,336 posts)He was another enabler of this pedophile.
I'm so glad that the jury did its' job!
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Linda Kelly?
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)I'll bet he kills himself before jail.
liberaltrucker
(9,131 posts)He'll be on suicide watch. Unfortunately.
blue neen
(12,336 posts)It had to be so very difficult for them. They helped to put a monster away, Thank God.
Zanzoobar
(894 posts)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
(3,334 posts)I think he will live in relative isolation for the rest of his life.
DemoTex
(25,411 posts)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
(1,879 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)liberaltrucker
(9,131 posts)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
(22,742 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)May the time he serves be enough for some small comfort to the people he has victimized.
wake.up.america
(3,334 posts)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
(3,334 posts)He looks to be in a terrible state. Not that I have much sympathy for him.