Interesting article.
FC: BOT Meeting and Sandusky
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FWIW:Interesting article.
This is the text of the referenced letter:
"Dear Trustee;
There's a man who sits in prison today, a man, we believe, who is innocent, and Penn State drove him to his fate.
Penn State set the tone and pace for allowing a combination of greed, avarice, opportunism, and fear to railroad a man. He dealt in truth, and all around him dealt in lies.
Penn State allowed lies to win.
Questioning the Conviction: A Call for Reevaluation
We believe Jerry Sandusky is innocent. We believe those who accused him did so for the money they knew Penn State would unabashedly pay to protect an undeserved reputation. In doing so, Penn State threw away their treasures.Joe Paterno is a national treasure kicked to the curb by Penn State just before he died. After death, he was a man who should have been revered for the things he did for the nation, the university, and the people who played for him. Jerry Sandusky was at his side for 30 years and helped build a great reputation. After he retired, Sandusky went out and tried to help wayward children. He set up a charity. It wasn't to groom, rape, or abuse children. He did not do these things, as we shall prove.
A Clash of Truth and Lies: The Role of Penn State
He was railroaded. Liars and manipulated accusers, shyster lawyers, reckless prosecutors, a lawless judge who dared conduct a pivotal hearing in a hotel outside the defendant's presence, and a governor hell-bent on vendetta combined without regard to justice—not in a conspiratorial way; each for his own.A million here, three million there, $20 million of Penn State money paid to Sabastian Paden for telling a howling lie, a preposterous lie, that somebody should have challenged for its utter implausibility: a soundproof basement that never was, blood-curdling screams never heard, locked in by a door that unlocks from the inside on a bed upon which he claimed he was raped every weekend from 2005-2008 - more than 100 times.
On the same bed, in the same basement, the same weekends from 2005-2008 - that the liar who started it, Aaron Fisher, claims he was abused.
Both men testified about the time and place but never met. The visitations must have been spectral, the same kind of spectral evidence used in Salem to prove the witchery. Penn State paid Fisher $7.5 million.
"Victims" kept expanding their stories from the police report to the grand jury to the trial to the gross fabrications their lawyers told gullible Penn State Trustees. It was like the fisherman who caught a minnow, which grew larger with each retelling and became a whale.
Penn State responded by handing a parade of liars $120 million.
Rushing to Judgment: The Speed of the Legal Process
Then, there was the rush to trial in seven months. His attorney begged the judge, "Give me time. It's been only ten days. I've had 12,000 pages of discovery, and you're rushing me to trial. I can't defend this man." The judge refused. Jerry Sandusky had to be convicted before the NCAA canceled Penn State's football season.Penn State had only one thing on its mind: save our football team. Let's grovel before the NCAA; let's hire Louis Freeh to betray us. Let's kick Joe Paterno to the curb, bury him with ignominy, and spit on his grave (to save our precious money-making team). Let's ruin the lives of our loyal administrators, the innocent Graham Spanier, Gary Shultz, and Tim Curley. And let's cancel Jerry Sandusky's presumption of innocence and send him to prison for life. Let him die there."
It is a human sacrifice, and nobody cares. Nobody looked at the evidence. Nobody had time by the time of the rushed trial to realize that every one of the accusers either lied or was manipulated by their attorneys (with their handy memory therapists) to believe the deception of their mind, to pretend or claim they forgot abuse that never happened and suddenly these men — they were not boys - testified that Jerry Sandusky abused them.
We want to present evidence in a package where anyone who will take the time to read it will understand that Jerry Sandusky was rushed to an unfair trial, that his attorney did not adequately represent him, that the police investigators used improper interviewing techniques, and that the prosecutors pulled every trick in the book, from illegally leaking grand jury minutes to suborning perjury in their coaching accusers to bury a man who only tried to help this community, this university, and the accusers themselves.
A Plea for Integrity: The Request to the Trustees
If you agree, we will submit such evidence before your next board meeting that will unequivocally show that Jerry Sandusky is innocent. He is the victim of one of the greatest travesties and miscarriages of justice in American history.The question that remains is, will Penn State continue to perpetuate the injustice it occasioned? Trustees back then said, "In three or four years—let's sweep it under the rug—Jerry Sandusky and all that he was accused of will be forgotten." Now, it's been 12 years, and it's not forgotten. A growing number of people will not forget.
We put it before you as people of conscience, the representatives of Penn State today, not of 2012, to look at the evidence.
He's walked a second mile. Now it's time for him to return. It's time for him to be restored to his wife and family while he lives because he's innocent.
The story has one of two endings. One is that he was exonerated through the good offices of Penn State trustees who cared enough 12 years later to look at the evidence and pierce through one of the phenomenal travesties of our time: that when a pack of liars comes together to accuse innocence, it is as a pack of jackals descended on a lamb. They devour him, and the people will say that a whole pack cannot be wrong — the lamb deserved it. But not this time. This time, it's different, and we will fight for Jerry Sandusky with or without the help of Penn State.
We cannot allow innocence to be punished when we have the power to rectify it. And so, we await your decision on whether the Penn State Board of Trustees will accept and review evidence of Jerry Sandusky's innocence and the role Penn State played in his wrongful conviction.
Signed,
Frank Parlato, Investigative Journalist
Dottie Sandusky
Sandusky Family
John Ziegler, Broadcaster & Journalist
Dick Anderson, Former Penn State Student-Athlete and Football Coach
Jon Snedden, NCIS Special Agent (Ret)
Ralph Cipriano, Former LA Times & Philly Inquirer Staff Writer, Journalist
Derrick Jacobs, Homicide Detective (Ret)
Dr. Robert Oksenholt, Physician
Anna Mydlarz, Buffalo Police Detective (Ret)
Tony Farina, TV News Reporter
John R. Baronas, DMD, MAGD, Co-Captain Penn State Football ‘74
Bob Logan, PSU BS ‘81
Bruce K Heim
Jason Maas, PSU '99
Gary K. Johnson, Director of Washington-Greene County MH/MR Program (Ret)
Gigi Gross
Andrew Shaffer
Buddy Tesner, Orthopedic Surgeon, PSU Letterman ‘71-’75
Sanford G. Thatcher, Former Director, Penn State University Press, 1989-2009
Richard C. Baer, Risk Analyst (Ret)
John Atwell Moody, Mathematician
John Galluppi
Patti Galluppi
William R. Fleagle
Jacob Mitchell, Academic Counselor
Barbara Breon
Rev. Joseph R. Stains, United Methodist Pastor (Recently Retired)
Jane Miller, PSU BS Chem ‘80
Justin Theodorou, Funeral Director
Barbara Taylor, 20+ years in Penn State Financial Aid Office (Ret)
Joseph V. Carlozo, PSU ‘74
Edward G. Detzel, Cincinnati Real Estate Broker
Rodman Holmes, Property Manager
Carol Holmes, Property Manager
Guy Montecalvo, Retired Athletic Administrator, Head Football & Track & Field Coach
John Wetzler, PSU ‘83
Ed O’Neil, PSU Co-Captain ‘73 Team
Lane Hurley
Gail Rexrode/Brown, PSU Master’s in Health Admin. ‘92 & Mother of Second Mile participant
Chad Rexroad
Rich Kuzy, PSU Letterman
Alan Cameron, Professor Emeritus
Greg Elinsky
Sandra C. Lane
Darrell Lane, MD
Cheryl J. Fleagle
Jack Willenbrock
Marsha Willenbrock
Kevin Wynn, CPA
Scott Brown, Retired Attorney
Carla Brown, Friend of Family
Chad A. Dubin, PSU '91, Wrestler '86-'91
Ron Louder, PSU Alum"
Why the grandstanding? If there is evidence proving JS's innocence, just release it
What a joke. Penn State wasn’t responsible for any of Sandusky’s transgressions, Penn State didn’t investigate, prosecute and convict Sandusky, and Penn State is not responsible for the exoneration of Sandusky.
No......but you can't deny that Penn State, in a matter if words, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced Joseph Vincent Paterno. So they are still culpable.
But Penn State is responsible for the execution of Penn State. Penn State could correct the record (but won’t
).F*ck us.
The Freeh Report was paid for by Penn State. It was an investigation into the accusations of Sandusky and the way these accusations were handled by PSU admin. It was released prior to the trial.
I think it is fair to say Penn State investigated Sandusky. And I think the report had an impact on the jury's decision (even it was not supposed to).
They Freeh Report was not an investigation, but a narrative written to justify PSU’sactions in firing Paterno, Curley and Spanier. Regardless, my point was this petition to the BOT is a farce and those pursuing it are blind to reality.
The report was a shame, but that doesn’t mean there was not an investigation and the report ignored (or twisted) findings that didn't fit the ptedetermind narrative.
Your point is still valid the petition is not going to make a difference.
That BoT was a disgrace, and concocted some BS simply to get Paterno and Spanier. They sold Penn State down the river and should be disgraced for all time.
If making an attempt set the record straight is a farce, then so be it.
Why would PSU get involved in a criminal trials-especially when the criminal cases that Sandusky was convicted on did not occur on PSU campus. The Freeh report was not a criminal investigation. PSU was involved in civil cases even ones that were off campus. Those were settled years ago. Sandusky was not a PSU employee at the time of most of the criminal acts.
I didn’t say setting the record straight is a farce. Asking the BOT of a quasi-public university to fight for the innocence of a convicted child abuser is the part that is farcical. Of course, we all know that this isn’t really about exonerating Sandusky, but instead it’s a back door attempt to clear Paterno’s name.
When Joe's wins were returned, his name was cleared. But the idiots on the BoT still refuse to properly recognize him.
The BoT isn't going to investigate Jerrs guilt or innocence. it's silly to assume that they would even consider it.
What then, did they consider or investigate, when handing out millions of dollars to anyone making any claim about Sandusky? I guess it doesn't matter if silly when it's not your money.
It always amazes me how often our society circumvents the truth that bucks the popular narrative.
Seems to me that it was more of a letter making clear that the undersigned pretty much consider the bot (back then) responsible for Jerry being in jail - and want it on record. I don't know what the current bot can do about it, but them refusing to read it into the record is pointless, but not surprising.
The settlements w/ no corroborating evidence before a trial were ridiculous, and just poured kerosene on a campfire. That should have been a mistrial before the trial.
I also get the feeling there have been some James O'Keefe type of investigations going on that won't smile on some of the V's. Just a hunch.
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The board already has the tool it needs to call the narrative into question. It just refuses to use it.
29Jun18 A7 Trustees' Report to Penn State Board of Trustees - Freeh Report's Flawed Methodology.pdf
View and download 29Jun18 A7 Trustees' Report to Penn State Board of Trustees - Freeh Report's Flawed Methodology.pdf on DocDroid
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I’m not arguing the point you’re making - but my point is and always will be that they shouldn’t even have to “clear Joe’s name”.
it’s akin to disproving a negative.
He did nothing wrong - I repeat nothing - in essence Penn State did try and convict him thru that farce of a report - so in the end they should correct their errors!!
I know they won’t but I digress - I get your point that this isn’t the way to do it either
Amen. The board in general (and let's be honest: John Surma specifically) is *absolutely* responsible for cementing the change in the narrative about Joe from quiet praise to public scapegoat.
Penn State coach Paterno praised for acting appropriately in reporting Jerry Sandusky sex abuse suspicions
A source close to the investigation tells The Patriot-News that Paterno will be a prosecution witness against Jerry Sandusky.
www.pennlive.com
If all the ringmasters want to accomplish is to "set the record straight" all they need to do is release their information to the public. They do not need to have the BoT put its imprimatur on it. Similarly, if their evidence exculpates the Grinning Baboon, they should give it to his attorney. The BoT cannot reverse his conviction.
But they'll do none of those because then their circus ends and they recede into total irrelevance.
The popular position is to go with the narrative. To do otherwise could be circumstantial and embarrassing. It's easier to be cowards.The board already has the tool it needs to call the narrative into question. It just refuses to use it.
29Jun18 A7 Trustees' Report to Penn State Board of Trustees - Freeh Report's Flawed Methodology.pdf
View and download 29Jun18 A7 Trustees' Report to Penn State Board of Trustees - Freeh Report's Flawed Methodology.pdf on DocDroid
I agree. The evidence should be provided to the authorities who can begin the process.
I made this post back in March. If anyone thinks our current BOT Chair will allow anything to happen they are mistaken. I'm not sure of his motive, but he is somewhat evil. Here's a copy of my post.
Well, if you consider having Penn State General Counsel, Frank Guadagnino, address the STANDING BOARD to present a one-sided story about how Joe was fully involved, than that person would be Matthew Schuyler. The presentation was a hit-piece designed to pollute the current board and Schuyler would not allow anyone to present a counter-point. Most of the board had no idea this was to be a topic during the Private session called for in mid-January. In addition, Neeli jumped in proclaiming her complete support for Frank's position. Keep in mind that almost all of the current Trustees were not here in 2011 and really weren't familiar with any details. So now, the only "details" they've heard are the lies. and other mis-information. This of course took place in a "private" meeting just recently.
If anyone wondered why Jay asked for Lubrano's proposal at the recent public meeting to be tabled you may stop wondering. Had Jay allowed the proposal to go through it would have ended any thoughts of actually correcting some of the wrongs forever as the topic would/could no longer be put on any agenda since the entire board had been polluted and would have certainly rejected the proposal had it gone to vote.
Schuyler may be the "worst of worst" in this whole sorted affair. At least the others had some excuse for being a "deer caught in the headlights" and very much "under the media gun". Schuyler has no such excuse other than being a horrible human being.
For those who would like to hear Lubrano's proposal at the public meeting and Jay's rebuff open this link and then open the "Media" link to the February 15 and 16 meeting. Go to the 1:31:15 mark in the video provided. The "hit-piece" reference above was a "private" full board meeting.
trustees.psu.edu
Well, if you consider having Penn State General Counsel, Frank Guadagnino, address the STANDING BOARD to present a one-sided story about how Joe was fully involved, than that person would be Matthew Schuyler. The presentation was a hit-piece designed to pollute the current board and Schuyler would not allow anyone to present a counter-point. Most of the board had no idea this was to be a topic during the Private session called for in mid-January. In addition, Neeli jumped in proclaiming her complete support for Frank's position. Keep in mind that almost all of the current Trustees were not here in 2011 and really weren't familiar with any details. So now, the only "details" they've heard are the lies. and other mis-information. This of course took place in a "private" meeting just recently.
If anyone wondered why Jay asked for Lubrano's proposal at the recent public meeting to be tabled you may stop wondering. Had Jay allowed the proposal to go through it would have ended any thoughts of actually correcting some of the wrongs forever as the topic would/could no longer be put on any agenda since the entire board had been polluted and would have certainly rejected the proposal had it gone to vote.
Schuyler may be the "worst of worst" in this whole sorted affair. At least the others had some excuse for being a "deer caught in the headlights" and very much "under the media gun". Schuyler has no such excuse other than being a horrible human being.
For those who would like to hear Lubrano's proposal at the public meeting and Jay's rebuff open this link and then open the "Media" link to the February 15 and 16 meeting. Go to the 1:31:15 mark in the video provided. The "hit-piece" reference above was a "private" full board meeting.
Board and Committee Meetings 2024 | Office of the Board of Trustees
Schuyler thinks if the BOT ignores this issue it will eventually go away.I made this post back in March. If anyone thinks our current BOT Chair will allow anything to happen they are mistaken. I'm not sure of his motive, but he is somewhat evil. Here's a copy of my post.
Well, if you consider having Penn State General Counsel, Frank Guadagnino, address the STANDING BOARD to present a one-sided story about how Joe was fully involved, than that person would be Matthew Schuyler. The presentation was a hit-piece designed to pollute the current board and Schuyler would not allow anyone to present a counter-point. Most of the board had no idea this was to be a topic during the Private session called for in mid-January. In addition, Neeli jumped in proclaiming her complete support for Frank's position. Keep in mind that almost all of the current Trustees were not here in 2011 and really weren't familiar with any details. So now, the only "details" they've heard are the lies. and other mis-information. This of course took place in a "private" meeting just recently.
If anyone wondered why Jay asked for Lubrano's proposal at the recent public meeting to be tabled you may stop wondering. Had Jay allowed the proposal to go through it would have ended any thoughts of actually correcting some of the wrongs forever as the topic would/could no longer be put on any agenda since the entire board had been polluted and would have certainly rejected the proposal had it gone to vote.
Schuyler may be the "worst of worst" in this whole sorted affair. At least the others had some excuse for being a "deer caught in the headlights" and very much "under the media gun". Schuyler has no such excuse other than being a horrible human being.
For those who would like to hear Lubrano's proposal at the public meeting and Jay's rebuff open this link and then open the "Media" link to the February 15 and 16 meeting. Go to the 1:31:15 mark in the video provided. The "hit-piece" reference above was a "private" full board meeting.
Board and Committee Meetings 2024 | Office of the Board of Trustees
trustees.psu.edu
I thought it was a distant memory by 2014?
All those folks should be involuntarily committed, for their own safety and the safety of others.
Imagine the optics of PSU which was the target of national scorn a little over a decade ago for having the Sandusky shower incident on the PSU campus (and I believe Mike McQueary's story changed markedly over the years, first by saying he was not sure he saw anything sexual to years later saying it was sexual) coming out in favor of revisiting a trial of convicted sex offender. Sandusky was convicted in criminal court for offenses off PSU campus. PSU board of visitors in my opinion should not get involved in a criminal investigation, especially of a former employee charged of molesting children
The fools on the BoT did what they had to, protecting friends and family at TSM. The garbage they pumped out was ridiculous.
I agree they rushed to pin it on Joe due to old grievances with BOT at the time. I read the Clemente portion of Paterno review of evidence, Sandusky was convicted because he did terrible things, BOT has nothing to do with JS. I believe Paterno will get his due. Until then I love driving by his library bc that’s his true legacy.
I think both Paterno and Spanier were mistreated-McQueary's story changed so much from 2002 to years later.He denied he saw anything sexual when he first reported to a Dr. friend of the family who would have reported it was sexual. And Paterno never covered it up-sure he should have called the State College place instead of campus police. But Spanier-(then President of PSU) a victim of child abuse himself-had no relationship with Sandusky, a former Penn State employee. And why would he protect them. Sadly, Second Mile had a licensed psychologist who knew about it and never reported it. Who should know more about child abuse-a football coach or a licensed psychologist? PSU board of trustees should not involve himself in a criminal trial of a person convicted in criminal court of sexual abuse of children. I can not imagine the national headlines if they did so and the pulling of major financial support.
There are some good people on this list. I give them credit for standing up and speaking their minds when it is not the popular thing to do.
The Freeh Report was a political hatchet job intended to deflect any criticism from the people who "handled" the Sandusky crisis. They hired political people who brought in their friends and concocted a narrative and not an impartial investigation. Look where Freeh and Lanny Davis and the others came from. A group of ethically challenged people who left a trail of slime wherever they traveled.
One cannot report an alleged crime to police in 2001 that he learns about in 2011.
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