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Reply #7: You can only send people to jail if they violate an actual law. [View All]

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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-11-11 12:49 AM
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7. You can only send people to jail if they violate an actual law.
If they follow the "letter of the law" then you can't send them to jail, no matter how despicable you believe their actions to be.

As far as we know, Paterno and the grad assistant both followed PA state law in telling their higher-ups. It was up to the Penn State administrators to report this to the police, and they apparently failed to do so.
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