<p>He will never plead out. He’s convinced, like Michael Jackson?-- that he “loves” these kids. He’s a sociopath, not just a pedophile. On some substantive level he separates abuse from what he’s done as being different (<em>skin crawl</em>). He thinks his day in court will vindicate him. These moms and their sons have come through too much to let Sandusky off that easy. They are ready to speak. THEY are ready to be the center of attention and expose this monster for what he is. As far as Juniata, they rejected his application based on the grand jury investigation, but he was able to visit games and hang out on the sideline (a choice made by coaches, not by the institution)</p>
<p>Sandusky just made bail. :(</p>
<p>No surprise there.</p>
<p>I’m beginning to think the interview makes sense. Maybe the attorney has concluded that Sandusky needs to plead guilty to a plea bargain. Sandusky may have said that he’ll take the stand and explain and the charges will all go away. So, the attorney let him give a shorter version of his testimony during the Costas interview. The reaction wasn’t what Sandusky expected. Maybe he’ll be more willing to plead guilty.</p>
<p>jonri, what you describe makes perfect logical sense, but it would be unethical for a lawyer to do that. You can’t encourage your client to hurt his own case in the hopes that it will get him to see reason. If the lawyer really believed that the interviews would make it harder for Sandusky to win at trial, he had a duty to tell him to shut up.</p>
<p>Attorney also tried to steer him out of trouble during the second interview.</p>
<p>He may have posted bail, but is under house arrest, and is to have no contact with potential witnesses or unsupervised contact with minors. This new judge obviously knows what he/she is doing. Unlike the previous one.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why he was not denied bail as was done initially with DSK on charges of rape?</p>
<p>From my perspective as a psychology-and-the-law nerd, all of this is a fascinating case study of how predators think. There are surely some who understand that they are overpowering/hurting the victim, and this is part of the thrill for them. But a lot of them really believe these are consensual, romantic relationships, and they have a tough time grasping that others don’t see them that way.</p>
<p>Imagine that you were arrested for being in an illegal interracial relationship. You might be able to follow a lawyer’s instructions about denying that you were attracted to your boyfriend/girlfriend. But your deep-seated intuition that you hadn’t done anything wrong, and that arresting people for this kind of thing was a heinous injustice, would probably be obvious to any observer.</p>
<p>Hanna ~ I think there’s some truth to what you say about the predator’s sick twisted version of his behaviors, but the fact is that rape is violence, not sex and not romance. I think Sandusky is indignant because he’s a sociopath and sees himself as above the law. He is truly unable to grasp that his behaviors harmed others, not because he thinks they loved each other, because he is incapable of empathy at all.</p>
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<p>This part of PA was (still is, maybe) a closed little society in which everyone knew everyone else, and they all worshipped at the altar of Penn State football. It may be that every judge in town is a PSU alum, has kids at PSU, serves in some capacity at PSU, serves on some charity board along with PSU higher-ups, goes to church with PSU higher-ups, or holds season tickets. It may be difficult to find any judge around there who doesn’t know Sandusky at least socially, or who isn’t connected with the university in some way.</p>
<p>@myturnnow; Sandusky isn’t a foreign national with stronger ties to a different municipality. And the DSK case sure went well for the prosecutors, right?</p>
<p>^^^“This part of PA was (still is, maybe) a closed little society in which everyone knew everyone else, and they all worshipped at the altar of Penn State football. It may be that every judge in town is a PSU alum, has kids at PSU, serves in some capacity at PSU, serves on some charity board along with PSU higher-ups, goes to church with PSU higher-ups, or holds season tickets. It may be difficult to find any judge around there who doesn’t know Sandusky at least socially, or who isn’t connected with the university in some way”</p>
<p>He was actually arraigned in Westmoreland County, PA, which is well over 100 miles from State College. So, I would be fairly certain the judge is not in Sandusky’s social circle. </p>
<p>One can only speculate whether he is a Penn State football fan though.</p>
<p>The first judge did have a conflict of interest. They aparently found a new “senior” judge without ties to the school and without conflict (see post #2686 of this thread). Whether or not he is a football fan is not discussed.</p>
<p>I just don’t buy that “it was a loving relationship” crap that Sandusky tries to spout about. In loving relationships, the participants don’t scream for help. Screaming in fear and pain is a pretty universal form of communication that says “I and not a willing participant”. He certainly gets that and doesn’t care.</p>
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<p>Aw, there’s no comparison here. This was a grown man overpowering lost kids.</p>
<p>LasMa, I’m gonna point at you again: </p>
<p>^^^“This part of PA was (still is, maybe) a closed little society in which everyone knew everyone else, and they all worshipped at the altar of Penn State football. … It may be difficult to find any judge around there who doesn’t know Sandusky at least socially, or who isn’t connected with the university in some way”</p>
<p>“A closed little society” is so elitist and snippy and cranky. Let’s play nice. </p>
<p>For the upteen billionth time, not everyone in town is a PSU alum, not everybody goes to football games or does anything but cringe when the season rolls back around. The rest, yes…it’s a relatively small town. I vote at the same precinct as the Sanduskys, would you like to call me names for not throwing rocks at him? smh</p>
<p>Anyway,you are correct at the end. All the county judges recused themselves; Sandusky was brought before a judge seated here, brought from Westmoreland Co so as to completely avoid the conflict issue. Until a month ago, The Second Mile was an extremely well-regarded, longstanding charity that was supported by virtually every person around in one way or another, so it would be well nigh impossible to find a lawyer, businessman, law enforcement official or media outlet that has not dealt with The Mile. Part of the local angst is over the notion that, clearly, our trust was gravely misplaced.</p>
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<p>I’m sorry I wasn’t clear. I didn’t mean every living soul in town knows and loves Sandusky. I meant that he – and other top officials at PSU – would run in the same social circles as the other local leaders and prominent people, including judges. When you play golf with someone, or run into them at cocktail parties, it’s just kind of awkward to find them standing in your courtroom accusing of 40 counts of child sex abuse, I would think. And hard to hit them with meaningful bail, as the first judge (who knows Sandusky) demonstrated.</p>
<p>He wasn’t denied bail because he hasn’t been convicted of a crime, and he was deemed not to be a flight risk. And he hasn’t fled.</p>
<p>Strauss-Kahn was an obvious flight risk.</p>
<p>I don’t think flight risk should be the only criteria for bail denial. His contacting victims should have been anticipated and prevented in my opinion.</p>