Penn State...what did Paterno know?

[Carolina Husker]

So for the lawyers in the house, how common is this?

Judge Who Set Unsecured Bail For Jerry Sandusky Is a Second Mile Volunteer

When Jerry Sandusky was initially arraigned, as previously reported by Sara Ganim, prosecutors requested $500,000.00 bail and that Sandusky be required to wear a leg monitor. District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, however, ordered that Sandusky be freed on $100,000.00 unsecured bail. She ordered that Sandusky be freed and pay nothing unless he failed to show up for a court hearing.

Judge Dutchcot has quite the professional resume. In addition to her duties as District Judge, she is of counsel to the firm Goodall & Yurchak. It speaks to the small town nature of the county, I suppose, that the firm's URL is "centrelaw.com." According to her profile, Judge Dutchcot has been named the State College Lawyer of the Year, completed a "Leadership" program and has served as a counselor at Centre County Law Enforcement Camp Cadet, Inc.

Of course, also according to her profile, Judge Dutchcot is a volunteer for Sandusky's group, The Second Mile. Sandusky turned himself in the morning of November 5, a Saturday, at Judge Dutchot's Centre County office. He was released, under the aforementioned terms, shortly thereafter.

Attorneys often serve charitable foundations in their pro bono capacities, or just volunteer in their spare time, so there is nothing weird about that. It just seems that, given the nature of the charges, the small town atmosphere and her relationship to Second Mile, Judge Dutchcot should have recused herself from being involved with this process. Or, that could be precisely why she did not.

Deadspin

[g5jamz]

It's Pennsylvania...there's been a lot of judge corruption in that state of late.

[Carolina Husker]

[Jangler]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/13/former-penn-state-assistant-coach-reportedly-continues-to-receive-monthly/

The judge who ordered former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky be freed on $100,000 unsecured bail on charges he sexually abused eight boys reportedly volunteered for his charity.

District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, who handled Sandusky's preliminary arraignment, gave his Second Mile charity between $500 and $1,000 and worked as a volunteer for the group, Fox affiliate WTXF-TV reports.

Sandusky's house is next to an Elementary school....

[Carolina Husker]

Kudos to the Big Ten. Looks like they read the indictment and aren't confused as to what "of a sexual nature" means when it pertains to 10 year olds. Should replace his name with Osborne.

In light of the child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State, Joe Paterno's name has been removed from the new Big Ten championship trophy, the conference announced Monday.

The Big Ten said that the crisis at Penn State, which led to Paterno's firing as coach Wednesday night, prompted the decision to remove his name from the trophy. The new trophy, to be awarded Dec. 3 at the inaugural Big Ten football championship game at Indianapolis, had been named for both Paterno and former University of Chicago coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.

It will now be known only as the Stagg Championship Trophy.

lol Joe

[Proudiddy]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/13/former-penn-state-assistant-coach-reportedly-continues-to-receive-monthly/

Sandusky's house is next to an Elementary school....

Possibly a pedo looking out for his pedo ringleader.

[Epistaxis]

Sandusky supposedly spotted at laGuardia airport.

Wonder if he could leave the country.

No Osborne trophy. Lawrence Phillips and hiding guns. Nothing compared to PSU, but Osborne's squeaky clean image annoys me.

[Kitten Diver]

Kudos to the Big Ten. Looks like they read the indictment and aren't confused as to what "of a sexual nature" means when it pertains to 10 year olds. Should replace his name with Osborne.

lol Joe

Not a huge B1G homer but wouldn't Hayes or Schembechler be better names for the trophy? No offense to 1st year member Nebraska.

Good decision to remove Paterno, this scandal has only just begun imo.

[Jangler]

Takes on a whole new meaning.

There is another interview from 1987 and it's even creepier. Hasn't been posted on YT yet.

[Carolina Husker]

I'm not really arguing for Osborne's name, mainly because it's our first year in the B1G, but he's a better coach than Schembechler for sure. And while Hayes is comparable to Osborne, not sure it makes sense to replace one psycho from Penn State with another from Columbus.

*That's a joke, by the way.

[Carolina Husker]

No Osborne trophy. Lawrence Phillips and hiding guns. Nothing compared to PSU, but Osborne's squeaky clean image annoys me.

Hey, you have Gary Barnett on your coaching tree, Mr. Glass House.

[Epistaxis]

Barnett is and was a sidewinder, you'll get no argument from me.

You'll also find I have no blind allegiance to any coach, I find most of them to be deplorable human beings, even the ones that coach my teams.

[Carolina Husker]

I'm one of the few Husker fans you'll get to admit that Osborne is, and was, an ego-maniac.

Not a "Look the other way as child predators roam the campus so I can break records" maniac, mind you, but a maniac nonetheless.

[Kitten Diver]

I always liked Bowden and Jimmy Johnson. But I dont mind the idea of giving the players benefits either.

I do mind the idea of child rape.