Sandusky found guilty of most sex abuse charges

[Edwina's Secretary]

Got it.


By the same token? The Atty Gen comes out to applause and cheers.

Like, what did she do in the courtroom?

It is really very simple. The case may not have even been in the courtroom without her efforts.

[RICHARD]

It is really very simple. The case may not have even been in the courtroom without her efforts.

You misunderstood the question......the lawyers did all the scut work and that makes her a vital cog in the system?

I got my degree from watching reruns of Law and Order. She would have sent out the lawyers, had they lost.

In the end it just adds to the 'show' and gives her brownie points, it worked for Kathryn Harris.

[Edwina's Secretary]

You misunderstood the question......the lawyers did all the scut work and that makes her a vital cog in the system?

Perhaps you misunderstand the process. She took over the case and got it through the grand jury process - against some rather significant political odds. The Attorney General is the "supervisor" of the case. Making decisions - planning stategy - overall responsibility.

Indeed a VERY vital cog in the system.

Perhaps a little less T.V. - a little more real world would aid in understanding how it works.

[Catty1]

RICHARD - Ellie Nesler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Nesler

She died in 2008.

[RICHARD]

RICHARD - Ellie Nesler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellie_Nesler

She died in 2008.

Thanks,

I for the life of me, could not remember her name.

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I do like to watch the clip shows of people going off in a courthouse, does that count as fake or real TV?

[Edwina's Secretary]

To paraphrase another make-believe character..."snark* is as snark does."

I cannot understand anyone cutting Paterno any slack. A leader? Please. He is given information that someone on his team is possibly raping children...in "his" facility. His only response is to report it to his superiors??? Not even a follow up call..."Say...did you find anything out about this guy who works for me who may be raping children?" Wouldn't he want to know if this allegation - rather heinous - was true or false? If it was false - wanting to clear his name - if it was true - to get him out of there!!! I just cannot imagine if someon who worked for me was accused of such a thing that reporting it to my superiors would relieve my conscious of all responsibility.

To him a game - a game with grown men running up and down a field and jumping on each other - was more important than saving children from rape.

[RICHARD]

People jumping up and down hugging each other like they are at a sporting event, when in fact it's the end of a real court case does put it into perspective.

[happylabs]

To paraphrase another make-believe character..."snark* is as snark does."

I cannot understand anyone cutting Paterno any slack. A leader? Please. He is given information that someone on his team is possibly raping children...in "his" facility. His only response is to report it to his superiors??? Not even a follow up call..."Say...did you find anything out about this guy who works for me who may be raping children?" Wouldn't he want to know if this allegation - rather heinous - was true or false? If it was false - wanting to clear his name - if it was true - to get him out of there!!! I just cannot imagine if someon who worked for me was accused of such a thing that reporting it to my superiors would relieve my conscious of all responsibility.

To him a game - a game with grown men running up and down a field and jumping on each other - was more important than saving children from rape.

I totally agree with you on this! Paterno should have been more diligent with the situation when he first heard about it. I truly believe he did not want to scar Penn State's "good name". This was swept under the rug on purpose. I know a lot of Penn State fans and lovers of Paterno will rant and rave if they read this but I don't really care.

[Cataholic]

To him a game - a game with grown men running up and down a field and jumping on each other - was more important than saving children from rape.

Where the heck is the 'LIKE' button on here? So freaking true it is ridiculous. "JoPaw" is as bad as the perpetrator, IMO. Dead or not (sorry, Ellie!!), this guy took the lame, easy, cowardly way out, all for the love of sports. Sad.

Not to say others also weren't culpable, but Joe Paterno was a 'leader', a 'hero'....and a big, fat, chickenshat.

[RICHARD]

Perhaps you misunderstand the process. She took over the case and got it through the grand jury process - against some rather significant political odds. The Attorney General is the "supervisor" of the case. Making decisions - planning stategy - overall responsibility.

Indeed a VERY vital cog in the system.

Perhaps a little less T.V. - a little more real world would aid in understanding how it works.

Is she like the old man Jack McCoy works for? He sits in his office and just decides stuff instead of actually trying the case, then at the end takes the credit?

Oh, so it is just like on T.V.

Without the commercials for lawyers looking to sue companies for bad mesh, spinal surgeries and car crashes.

I've lived in the real world way too much.

I use snark to make a point. I'm sorry people don't have their snark-o-meters in for a 10,000 mile tuneup.