More Recommended Reading: Preliminary Hearing
December 13, 2011 at 5:45 pm Lori Shontz 4 comments
If you’re trying to get a handle on the last-minute announcement that Jerry Sandusky ’66, ’71g would waive his preliminary hearing, you’re not alone. I’ve spent part of the afternoon monitoring Twitter and checking out various news organizations’ coverage, and here’s what’s caught my eye:
Adam Smeltz ’05 of StateCollege.com provides a good synopsis here, and the New York Times, which obviously has a broader audience, does something similar here on its college sports blog, The Quad. This MSNBC video, featuring investigative reporter Michael Isikoff, is also good, although the studio host mangles the pronunciation of Bellefonte.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette talked to a couple of defense lawyers who are baffled by the strategy of Sandusky’s lawyer, Joe Amendola ’70. ESPN’s Lester Munson, a lawyer and journalist, gets into more of the details here, with everything from how the preliminary hearing can benefit the defense to whether the defense will eventually request a trial by judge, not jury. There’s a video of Bob Ley speaking with legal analyst Roger Cossack at the same link.
Dan Wetzel, a columnist for Yahoo Sports who has weighed in early and often on the scandal, has what might be one of the first opinion pieces published; he says that Sandusky’s late decision “put the accusers through the wringer.”
And while I don’t love everything that Deadspin does, this piece on the morning’s events is a really good read.
Please let us know in the comments if you’ve found other worthwhile stories.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
Entry filed under: Controversy, Sandusky scandal. Tags: Adam Smeltz, Dan Wetzel, Deadspin, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Amendola, New York Times, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, StateCollege.com, Yahoo sports.
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1. R Thomas Berner | December 14, 2011 at 5:38 am
Thanks for all the links, Lori. Now I just need the time to read them. :-)
2. Derek | December 14, 2011 at 10:19 am
Sandusky’s last minute play was analogous to the football technique of calling a time-out just as the opposing team is about to kick a field goal. It throws everyone off. It was cruel of him to do so, in my opinion.
3. richard | December 14, 2011 at 10:39 am
Thanks for the link to the Deadspin piece, very good read.
I enjoy yuor daily posts–great work.
4. Rosana Vanvolkenburg | December 16, 2011 at 1:54 am
I have read many headlines like most Americans have and I am completly disturbed by this “incident” at Pen State regarding Sandusky. All the while the school was just sitting there letting it all happen.
I hope that the trial will be quick and the victims get justice. Someone like him who takes their power and uses it in the manner he did should be locked away for a long time. The sad thing is that I am sure he will not have as bad a punishment as any other Joe off the side of the road. Just a slap on the wrist. Our system is seriously flawed and something needs to change.