I have follow these cases and posted here from the first rumors of this evolving scandal and to be fair, this was and always has been a very tough investigation conducted by a Corbett/Fina OAG that made many mistakes not just in this case but many others, and were covered by a Judiciary that itself has it own problems.
With that said, this does not mean that they are innocent in anyway, it just means they have a right to best defense to defend themselves as any citizen, and I believe and practice this deeply.
What is taking is so long is not the Court Proceedings
and few people and media know about is the technical rules of Criminal Procedure that can make and break a case, especially over Children Molestation related charges.
Defendants in Pennsylvania have a Right to Interlocutory Appeals better known as Interim Appeals, meaning they can Appeal each process and motion and rulings right after they are made to Higher Court, and this alone delays the process.
Additionally, there is an outside Superior Court Appeal still going on that could impact on reducing and dismissing some charges, and until that is resolved, it will take time before the Trials begin.
Moreover, Judge Hoover's Illness did impact on all cases and work loads delays before him, but this was when the trouble to diagnose what was happening was not completed either. Even the Defense may seek a Motion to have his Rulings Reviewed based on his condition. (It Is A Legal stretch but that is what lawyers do to delay Trials too, and that is being a good Lawyer for your Client.)
The Penn State Three Defense Team has every right to use every legal means possible to defend their clients.
In addition, if you were ever charged with anything you would want the same rights for yourself with good lawyers protecting you every minute and delaying all Trials is a good legal strategy in the first place.
I am not taking side by any means, but as time goes on, and with the present state of PAOAG, Supreme Court, and Pennsylvania Government chaos and the legal swamps of Criminal Appeals and Civil Lawsuit Discovery as well as Penn State Trustee Battles among them, along with Conspiracy Theorists that has an active and rabid Penn State CULTists following ???
The problem with the Fina PAOAG allowing Paterno to win 409th Victory to set his NCAA record and then release and illegally leak the Sandusky Grand Jury Presentment and not having the right year or all the evidence later found by Freeh. This is why Spanier was indicted later. Nevertheless, Paterno could not be indicted later due to illness, death, and the mistake to exonerate him publicly. This is what helped cause all this confusion on top of confusion that happen in 1998 and 2001 among them, DA’s Investigators, and the belief Sandusky could not be the Predator he turned out to be, just like many Catholic Priest betrayed the church?
What do you expect and I am telling you based on all the above this has become the norm over many mistakes made everywhere and starting with Paterno’s own way he built Penn State Football Culture on silence, secrecy, and cover ups that led to bigger and better wins. All that the same time using and misusing Public Relations that caused confusion within himself in his old age and after hiring, coaching, and dealing with Sandusky.
Please always remember, in using that it was a Penn State Graduate, Player, Coach, and Celebrated Professor Emeritus that set up The Second Mile way back in 1980’s to take advantage of Disadvantage Children no one would believe because they thought they were bad anyhow, for his own selfish needs and sexual pleasures???
This happen over 40 Years and at the same time Paterno was telling everyone Penn State Way, Success With honor, and The Grand Experiment is above reproach and only he knew how to deal with his Players and the Football Program. Even though Paterno did, many things right and deserved such praise it was also pointed out and irrefutable that he was not following all the rules, regulations, and laws by the Big Ten and Education Department.
Even President Spanier could not dismiss Paterno and needed him for Fund Raising and this is why there was a Lack of Institutional Control. NCAA did not handle the communication right either.
Sorry, the very problem started with Penn State Graduate that was a Sexual Predator that misused his own Alma Mater and Football Program and Non-Profit over 40 years and caused much confusion among a Great Coach in Paterno, University, and Great Alumni Fan Base. They all came to believe they always did all the things the right way, and some nut jobs still do.
Yet, even Joe cried about his mistakes and admitted he should have done more, and I have to be fair that Joe did many more things right than wrong.
Nontheless, in the end Paterno Legacy does not deserves to receive neither recognition nor commendation for his cooperation, reporting, and then allowing nothing to happen except hiring McQueary on this specific part of the scandal.
If this Penn State Scandal happen to Pitt, Penn State Fans would be trashing Pitt every day like they do now, and that is on Penn State not Pitt Posters!
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Do u really think I'm gonna read all that? Wow man. See u in 2016 Pitt. I know we can't wait to kick ur as*
