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calimary

(80,700 posts)
70. Amen to that.
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 03:56 PM
Jun 2012

I'm afraid I've become so cynical about these things that I half-expected him to walk. We've sure seen a lot of other guilty parties skate away. I'm SO glad he couldn't. He deserves every book they throw at him.

He's done. Lochloosa Jun 2012 #1
I hope so, But he is a Republican. n/t Grassy Knoll Jun 2012 #15
Will he be put in a cell with other young men? goclark Jun 2012 #41
That's pretty quick for so many counts slackmaster Jun 2012 #2
That was fast Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #3
Two days, not two hours n/t Tansy_Gold Jun 2012 #4
My bad Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #6
They deliberated for two days... about 12 hrs. a day. femmocrat Jun 2012 #5
Sorry. Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #7
NP, easy to do. femmocrat Jun 2012 #9
I know! Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #10
I think you just need a few notarized copies of this statement... harmonicon Jun 2012 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author eggplant Jun 2012 #8
no need to worry about that :) PatrynXX Jun 2012 #34
Will they read it court this late? iandhr Jun 2012 #11
Yes obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #13
I don't think Sandusky feels he did a very bad thing Iliyah Jun 2012 #12
A lot of pedophiles truly believe they've just loved their victims and that it's natural lunatica Jun 2012 #62
Damn this ignorant man (Dranov) - it wasn't SEX - it was RAPE!! sad sally Jun 2012 #14
Shame on those who knew and did nothing. Sienna86 Jun 2012 #16
+100000000 n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #20
I wish they would all get the same sentence he does, but it is unlikely. TalkingDog Jun 2012 #21
joe paterno knew iandhr Jun 2012 #27
We can only hope that if there is a Hell, he is now in it. TalkingDog Jun 2012 #32
think Joe tried but... PatrynXX Jun 2012 #35
His graduate assistant told him. iandhr Jun 2012 #38
thank you n/t RainDog Jun 2012 #43
Yep. southerncrone Jun 2012 #46
Many good people get cancer to, has nothing to do with who you are. Bad analogy. crunch60 Jun 2012 #50
Did not mean infer that it would be the same for everyone. southerncrone Jun 2012 #66
I think Paterno didn;t try at all obamanut2012 Jun 2012 #55
Hell, I'd be all for digging him up and slapping charges on his corpse. calimary Jun 2012 #68
All the bastards - no matter how "important" they are to Penn State and football - who knew about sad sally Jun 2012 #30
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #44
+10000000000000000000000000000 Just desserts. southerncrone Jun 2012 #47
Hey, I've heard that even the governor knew. calimary Jun 2012 #69
45 out of 48 Guilty! OhioChick Jun 2012 #17
"This is an evil, evil man!" qanda Jun 2012 #18
Justice! Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #19
Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #22
Especially given the context, do we really need to go there? (nt) Posteritatis Jun 2012 #23
Most child molesters are killed in prison FreeState Jun 2012 #24
2 sorts many people hate PatrynXX Jun 2012 #36
Unless he's sent to a prison resort, where rich people go. nt valerief Jun 2012 #57
I hope the victims can find confront and some closure iandhr Jun 2012 #25
I hope his victims have a sense of relief tonight. myrna minx Jun 2012 #26
Sandosky's 33yr old adopted son accused him of raping him as well,,,, benld74 Jun 2012 #28
Now why aren't the Catholic Priests in prison? SHRED Jun 2012 #29
He even raped his ADOPTED SON. If there is Karma... Odin2005 Jun 2012 #31
They will protect him from the prison general population tawadi Jun 2012 #67
this case STILL isn't over Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #33
DING DING DING! Blue_Tires, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Jun 2012 #39
And the wife as well, They_Live Jun 2012 #60
Sandusky is going to rot meow2u3 Jun 2012 #37
He will never see the light of day again. Justice is done. hifiguy Jun 2012 #40
It's a shame that there were people who knew about this 15 years ago but kept quiet LynneSin Jun 2012 #42
I just posted the following status update on my FB page: coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #48
Yes, Tom Corbett knew about Sandusky long ago , I believe he was a big part crunch60 Jun 2012 #51
Good. yardwork Jun 2012 #45
This must be a mistake. Didn't the jury know he's a famous football coach? Honeycombe8 Jun 2012 #49
excellent post by are_grits_groceries shireen Jun 2012 #52
They should castrate him and then feed him his own balls for dinner in jail. RBInMaine Jun 2012 #54
low life scum The Jungle 1 Jun 2012 #56
He didn't seem to think he did anything wrong Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #58
He's severely mentally ill slackmaster Jun 2012 #59
How he can watch the now grown men he tortured as boys, mzmolly Jun 2012 #61
Severe mental illness bizarre. Mentally ill people think, say, and do very strange things. slackmaster Jun 2012 #63
I know Stargazer09 Jun 2012 #64
AWESOME JOB, JURORS! shanti Jun 2012 #65
Amen to that. calimary Jun 2012 #70
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