You believe the Tickle Monster is innocent. Why? Because he says so.
EVERYBODY ELSE - the witnesses, the prosecution, the police departments - without exception are all liars. The jury was rigged and incompetent. STANDING ALONE as the paragon of truth is Soapy - the guy who never missed a chance to shower with adolescents.
I hate to break it to you, but 'ol Swim Trunks is down for the count. He ain't getting out. Not now, not never.
Believe what you what to believe.
The facts are:
1. Mike McQueary did not witness a sexual assault in the Lasch building shower in Feb. 2001.
2. Tim Curley and Gary Schultz did not take part in a conspiracy or a cover-up and would have impeached Mike McQueary's testimony at trial if they had not been charged and thus been able to testify.
3. Janitor James Calhoon stated to investigators that the man he witnessed in a shower abusing alleged victim 8 was not Sandusky
4. All of the 8 accusers at trial provided testimony at trial that was far worse than what they originally reported. (I believe this was due to a number of reasons including suggestive questioning by investigators, repressed memory therapy techniques by psychologists, and financial incentives)
5. Sandusky has never wavered in professing his innocence since day 1. Before 2011, he had never been charged with a crime and had a clean record. There has been zero pornography found in Sandusky's possession.
6. Sandusky's trial lawyers were totally ineffective as demonstrated by:
a. waiving his preliminary hearing and giving up his right to put the alleged victims on record for possible impeaching at trial
b. allowing Sandusky to be interviewed by Bob Costas unprepared
c. not withdrawing from the case when it became apparent that they would not be able to provide the effective defense that their client deserved
d. erroneously stating that there was overwhelming evidence against Sandusky
e. being totally unprepared to cross examine the accusers
f. promising the jury that Sandusky would testify and then walking it back
g. mismanaging the v2 and v8 counts by not introducing exculpatory statements
h. failing to challenge the use of repressed memory techniques and bringing in an expert to testify on how associated testimony would be totally unreliable
i. not objecting to the trial court's erroneous character witness jury instruction that the jury could not find reasonable doubt based on character evidence alone
j. ineffectively challenging the behavior of the OAG in possible prosecutorial misconduct including:
-The false Grand Jury Presentment that Mike McQueary witnessed a sex act in the shower
-The illegal OAG grand jury leak in March 2011 to Sara Ganim in their quest to identify more accusers
-The OAG investigators suggesting testimony to v4 after he already made a statement and before he went before the grand jury (this was taped unbeknownst to investigators)
-The OAG making a knowingly false statement when they said v2 was "unknown to us...known to God but not to us."
-Using Sandusky's constitutional right to remain silent against him in closing arguments
-Charging Curley and Schultz with felonies when the evidence didn't warrant it so they wouldn't be defense witnesses