Is Jerry Sandusky Guilty?

Is Jerry Sandusky Guilty?

The homosexual child sex abuse trial of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky began on Monday and it promises to be a three-week circus as the lurid details of the allegations and witnesses against him emerge.




If true, aside from the legalities of the charges against him, they represent a gravely serious betrayal of the university that employed him for 30 years, an ungrateful betrayal of the school’s legendary head football coach, Joe Paterno, and, possibly his worst crime, the cynical betrayal of hundreds of fatherless children–mostly boys–who had sought hope and a father figure in Sandusky and his foundation, The Second Mile, and instead found perversion.



The 68 year old Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of engaging in illicit sexual activities with at least ten young boys over the course of 15 years and could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted on all counts.



From a layman’s vantage point, considering the evidence against the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame member and Sandusky’s own statements made since the indictment, the possibility of his being completely exonerated would seem slim to none, but that’s why he has lawyers.



Originally charged in November 2011 with 40 counts of deviate behavior with boys aged ten to twelve, prosecutors upped the ante to 52 the next month after more alleged victims came forward.



No doubt, some or many of the victims are interested in monetary gains as a result of their ordeals, which is entirely understandable. However, his attorneys’ contention that all of them are sufficiently motivated by dollar signs to perjure themselves, defame an innocent man, and condemn Sandusky to spend his remaining days behind bars is entirely preposterous.



Furthermore, whether he decides to take the stand in his defense is irrelevant: He has virtually confessed to being a serial child predator. Jerry Sandusky’s telephone interview with Bob Costas last November sealed his fate.



In that infamous chat, incredibly conducted with the coach’s lawyer present, Sandusky declared his innocence, . . .
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