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It looks like Fina has a problem

If I am reading this right (and I may not be), then Fina May lose his license for a year because had he acted appropriately Spanier, Curley and Schultz would have been subject to even more charges. Sorry, but that is a hollow victory. I would also remind you that, creepy and unethical as he may be, Fina also spoke out in favor of JoePa in this whole debacle.
Had he acted appropriately, the whole slew of felonies they were charged with, all dismissed, would have never been filed AT ALL. He shook down the defendants' f@cking lawyer and rode roughshod over atty client privilege and due process. He should be charged himself! You are reading it wrong.
 
All good points.
And if Sandusky did not engage in the inexcusable act of repeatedly showering alone with boys and having physical contact with them, none of it would have happened.

I fully supported the Sandusky prosecution, but the prosecutorial abuses in the other cases have to raise questions about the integrity of the legal process in that case as well. There was an awful lot of very stinky law practiced by the OAG. It was like they thought the ends justified the means. Meanwhile the governor was pressuring them and maybe offering rewards for taking down Spanier. He was obsessed with it.
 
If I am reading this right (and I may not be), then Fina May lose his license for a year because had he acted appropriately Spanier, Curley and Schultz would have been subject to even more charges. Sorry, but that is a hollow victory. I would also remind you that, creepy and unethical as he may be, Fina also spoke out in favor of JoePa in this whole debacle.

I remember what that a-hole said about Joepa, and it included moral qualifiers in addition to begrudging acknowledgment that their star cooperating witness actually followed the law and protocols to the letter. F him, and that doesn't even include his conduct in Fuedale's room and immediately afterwards in grand jury room. In fact, I'm struggling to find one instance of ethical behavior that he did that has been reported.
 
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  • Born in 1864/65, Elizabeth, one of 15 children, was always ‘the rebellious one’. Fierce as f*ck from an early age, she testified against her abusive stepfather in her mother’s divorce trial.
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  • Furthermore, she set a precedent for working conditions, ensuring her workers had good pay, gymnasiums, staffed libraries, and health care, all completely unheard of at the time, while still writing to further the plight of the Suffragette movement.
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*) HBIC = Head b!tch in charge
LOL! Everyone from day one is still fighting for justice from the trenches, whenever they can. This has to be done because the message and the training is not getting thru and now we've had two more B1G schools being blamed for errors at our STATE and LOCAL critical agencies level failing to identify and stop a predator of this same type. It takes a village!

 
LOL! Everyone from day one is still fighting for justice from the trenches, whenever they can. This has to be done because the message and the training is not getting thru and now we've had two more B1G schools being blamed for errors at our STATE and LOCAL critical agencies level failing to identify and stop a predator of this same type. It takes a village!


Kudos to @Nellie R for calling out the Big 10 for ripping off Penn State of their bowl money as a result of the unjustified sanctions.

However, I don't believe the genesis of the scandal was a result of PA CPS/LE failing to ID a predator. I agree with former NCIS Special Agent of the Year John R. Snedden's view that there was no sex scandal at Penn State, but rather a political hit job. If you want to learn how Snedden came up with this and other conclusions, please read the 110 page redacted report of his federal investigation into whether Graham Spanier's top-level security clearances should be renewed. His report contains just the facts that he learned from his investigation primarily from interviewing key witnesses from Penn State and collecting background information. The witnesses that he interviewed included Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz, Tim Curley, Rodney Erickson, John Surma, Tom Poole, Steve Garban, Cynthia Baldwin, Paula Ammerman, Frances Riley, Caroyln Dolbin, John Doncsecz, and Rodney Kirsch.

 
...... I would also remind you that, creepy and unethical as he may be, Fina also spoke out in favor of JoePa in this whole debacle.

Fina's support for Joe was much too little and way too late. The office of the PA AG and Noonan from the PSP had already skewered him pretty badly. They did not have to drag Joe down in all this .... but of course Corbett needed something for Surma ....
 
Let's say Fina is suspended and Baldwin censured. Anyone knows what that means for Spanier et al. Would AG likely drop their appeal? Curley and Schultz already pled guilty but any chance their probation could be revoked?
 
What was the damning evidence that she brought to the grand jury? I don't remember the details. Of course, grand jury evidence shouldn't be leaked.

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The link gives the thumbnail version. Baldwin claimed the administrators lied to the grand jury and given the mob mentality present at the time, everyone believed her. Nobody ever questioned her reliability as a witness. Hell, if someone claimed C/S/S killed Jimmy Hoffa the public and ESPN would have taken it as a solid fact. Torches and pitch forks ruled the day.

Joe was wise to hire his own counsel instead of relying on bumbling Baldwin.
 
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Given the character of the self-perpetuating B&I cabal, I suspect that incarceration is no bar to serving as a PSU trustee.
Well, we have empirical proof that the wearing of a wire is a fast track to BOT power. That suggests incarceration experience offers more of the same.
 
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