Sandusky Sentenced

[Azrael]

Later today. And here's last night's jailhouse statement. Crazy.

usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/08/14301078-full-statement-from-jerry-sandusky-maintaining-innocence-on-sex-abuse-charges

Let's see if we can keep this one open.

 

[Beaker]

Re: Sandusky Sentencing

As I said before, those remarks certainly are not going to help him.

 

[wicked]

Re: Sandusky Sentencing

The audio makes him come off even worse.

http://psucommedia.com/comradio/story/comradio-exclusive-jerry-sandusky-statement-from-jail

 

[Chef2]

Re: Sandusky Sentencing

Put him in general population for 5 days.

 

[Beaker]

Re: Sandusky Sentencing

I'll be shocked if he isn't housed in some kind of protective unit in prison.

 

[Azrael]

Re: Sandusky Sentencing




@Bloomberg News

BREAKING: Jerry Sandusky gets 30-60 years in prison for Penn State sex-abuse case

 

[Mark2010]

at his age, the number may not matter a great deal.

And, as someone pointed out last night (not here), he might be safer there than on the streets where some crazed vigilante mght shoot him.

 

[Beaker]

Given some of the mandatory minimums involved, it was always going to be an effective life sentence.

 

[Mark2010]

I don't know if Pennsylvania has special units like some other states do or not.

 

[EStreetJoe]

@Bloomberg News

BREAKING: Jerry Sandusky gets 30-60 years in prison for Penn State sex-abuse case

So he'll be eligible for parole next year?

 

[Beaker]

One of Sandusky's lawyers just stated that he believed the release of the tape recording was out of Sandusky's control--that the original understanding was that it wouldn't be released until after sentencing.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

at his age, the number may not matter a great deal.

And, as someone pointed out last night (not here), he might be safer there than on the streets where some crazed vigilante mght shoot him.

Of course that vigilante would get him for slandering the great name of Penn State football, not molesting kids.

 

[Drip]

We are....State Pen!
Never once has this guy said he didn't do it. Good riddance to a nasty s.o.b.

 

[Meatie Pie]

What are we doing here? Baking a cake? You baking a ****ing cake, pal? Bye-bye, ****. See ya in Attica, ****.

 

[Turtle Wexler]

Only 30-60 years? That's it? That's pathetic.

Yes, I know he will die in prison. But that's not enough of a sentence.

Because what that says to each of the 10 boys he was convicted of raping is this: what he did to you is only worth three years of jail time.

Three years. For an adult raping a child.

DUI offenses get more. Drug users get more. Hell, Bernie Madoff got more.

I see this as an extension of our society's rape culture. It's acceptable to joke about rape, threaten rape, look at rape victims with skepticism or engage in victim-blaming.

Sandusky is still engaged in victim blaming. He, the rapist, sees himself as the victim. His statement last night said as much. It's all a conspiracy, everyone is out to get him, the children are lying attention whores. And he knows that in the rape culture we've spawned, there will be people who believe him and agree with him.

And people who will sentence him to just three years per sodomized child.

 

[Mark2010]

Not sure the sentence was on a per count basis. Probably didn't matter if there were 2 victims, 10 or 100.

 

[Norrin Radd]

He'll die in prison.

The number is just a number. If the sentence was "Life plus 30!!!!" it wouldn't matter.

 

[Azrael]

Except for a couple more trials, an endless string of lawsuits and maybe a couple more statewide investigations, thank goodness this is all behind us.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

He'll die in prison.

The number is just a number. If the sentence was "Life plus 30!!!!" it wouldn't matter.

I just hope he gets released into general population for an hour or two and a guard looks the other way...

 

[Beaker]

Not sure I get the consternation over the sentence either. He'll spend the rest of his miserable days in prison regardless.