Gerald A. Sandusky Case Summary

Child molestation and sexual assault is an ever growing problem in the United States today, but an even bigger problem is that these pedophiles are being released after only serving as little as one quarter of their sentence. In California alone (at the time the bill was first passed), there was an estimated 680 individuals on parole for molestation and other sexual assaults including sodomy by force with a victim under the age of thirteen as well as child molestation with foreign objects.

There is criminal liability for Jerry Sandusky because under Pennsylvania law, he lied about his relationships with the young victims of the case. "Under Pennsylvania law, as in other jurisdictions, perjury refers to knowingly lying while under oath. Obstruction of justice describes interference with the administration of justice, such as by concealing evidence or delaying or frustrating a criminal investigation" (McCann). Sandusky committed perjury and obstruction of justice because he abused his position as assistant coach, therefore he should have been charge of the crimes.

Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach for the Nittany Lions, was indicted on 40 counts of child molestation. As the investigation continued, it was determined that Sandusky had used his charity organization, the Second Mile, to track down and sexually abuse young boys interested in playing football. This horrendous abuse is thought to of started as early as the 1970’s, the time period Sandusky was only held responsible for acts that took place during 1994-2009. It is obvious that a very dangerous cultural element existed at Penn State. This culture of devotion, minimal blame and self-preservation. This is what seemed to drive the behavior at Penn State University, leaders, staff and the surrounding community. Good, healthy, productive behaviors cannot exist in a culture that doesn’t support them. Therefore, if you accept bad decisions, such as the ones made by the leaders at Penn State your promoting bad

Ronald Shreffler recorded the victim’s mother throughout a call with Sandusky. According to court papers showed that Sandusky acknowledged that he showered with the victim, as well as with others boys. The victim’s mother cuts off contact with Sandusky after a second call, he tells her, "I wish I were dead," according to court documents.

Jerry Sandusky, the assistant coach for Penn State, was charged with rape and sexual misconduct of minors from as early as the 1970’s. There has been several times where his misconduct was reported; however, nothing was done about the allegations. Most of the young boys that he abused were from his group home founded by him, The Second Mile. The Second Mile, was formed to help troubled children and to mentor them. Jerry used the fact that they were troubled children, coming from a bad situation at home, to his advantage. He knew that no one would believe the children if it happened to get out. He preyed upon these broken youths as most sexual predators do. He gained their trust and respect, then used it against them to keep quiet about the

The Jerry Sandusky investigation would continue after subpoenas would be served into his records at Penn State University. Just like anything else, past reports begin to become known even though it took the 1998 reports before these older reports were known. These incidents were reported 1994 – 1997. “According to the grand jury report, Sandusky allegedly engages in inappropriate conduct with three different boys he met separately through the Second Mile program. One boy was 7 or 8, another was 10 and the third was 12 or 13 at the time. According to the grand jury report, the now-grown men said Sandusky engaged in inappropriate conduct ranging from touching to outright sexual encounters, including several incidents during the night before Penn

The year 2012 marked a year that the lives of Sandusky, Spanier, Schultz, Curley, Paterno would forever change (Bohm & Haley, 2014). The sexual crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky were heinous, especially since his victims were children. What is even worse is the fact that four prominent members of Penn State University were aware of allegations, yet decided to withhold information.

Sex offenders have been a serious problem for our legal system at all levels, not to mention those who have been their victims. There are 43,000 inmates in prison for sexual offenses while each year in this country over 510,000 children are sexually assaulted(Oakes 99). The latter statistic, in its context, does not convey the severity of the situation. Each year 510,000 children have their childhood's destroyed, possibly on more than one occasion, and are faced with dealing with the assault for the rest of their lives. Sadly, many of those assaults are perpetrated by people who have already been through the correctional system only to victimize again. Sex offenders, as a class of criminals, are nine times more likely to repeat their

Jerry Sandusky was an assistant football coach at Penn State hired in the late 1960’s, over a course of ten years, abused young men and boys. Some of the staff at Penn State including members of management as well as the athletic department was aware of these actions. Although they did not report these problems as they knew them, they did meet with law enforcement and other members of management to address the situation.

This research paper will include the whole story of the Menendez brother’s trial. The Menendez brother’s trial includes Erik and Lyle Menendez killing their mother Kitty and father Jose Menendez. What happened before the murder, during the murder and after the murder? The Victims and Offenders Journal states “Childhood sexual abuse is currently a problem nation-wide. Research suggests victims experience both short term and long term effects due to the unsolved trauma of sexual abuse” Victims and Offenders (2006). “Erik and Lyle shot and killed their parents, Jose and kitty Menendez, in the family’s Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989. The theory of the prosecution supporting charges of murder that was these killings are motivated by greed

Moreover, the leaders of the University ignored the problem of the child abuse and that’s a problem of leadership corruption according to Pollock “ignoring obvious ethical problems” (Pollock, 2014, pp. 95). Furthermore, they also were dominated by the fear of what would happen if they reported the crime and that’s another form of corruption. However, their only action towards Sandusky was to forbid him from bringing boys from the charity to the university; which it’s an act of corruption as described by Pollock “a survival of the fittest approach by individual employees” (Pollock, 2014, pp.96). Moreover, their action was not taken as form to protect the children, but rather as a way to protect themselves from further problems. In addition, the superior’s of coach Sandusky are responsible from permitting the unethical practices to continue.

Stories of sex offenders have been increasingly a focus of attention by the criminal justice system over the past years. By legal definition, a sex offender “is a person who is convicted of a sexual offense (Sex Offender Law & Legal Definition),” an act which is prohibited by the jurisdiction. What constitutes as a sex offense or normal/abnormal sexual behavior varies over time and place, meaning that it also varies by legal jurisdiction and culture. In the United States of America, for example, a person can be convicted of wide range of sexual behavior that includes prostitution, incest, sex with a minor, rape, and other sex offenses (Sex Offender Law & Legal Definition). As the nature of sex crimes have long held the

A child molester is someone who touches or performs a sexual act on a child that is the age of thirteen or younger (“Child Molestation Research”). Child molestation does not only happen to female children, it also happens to male children as well. I the current year, more than three million kids are victims of child molestation (“Child Molestation Research”). I believe that once you become a child molester, you can’t just simply break out of it, no matter how long you stay in jail. As frightening as it may be, most offenders do not get could and if they do it isn’t until months or even years

When one thinks of a young child one thinks of joy, innocence, and being carefree. Too often than not though that innocence is taken from a young child through sexual abuse. Studies have shown over and over again that a child who has been sexually abused carries those scars with them into adulthood, many times affecting adult relationships.                           When a person thinks of a child molester they see in their minds the dirty old man image. This is not the case in most abuse cases. Usually the child knows the person that is going to harm them. The offender is usually someone that the child and his or

Pedophiles molest young children, some of them either kill children after abuse or cripple them psychologically. Hence this house will execute Adult Pedophiles. However, when Pedophiles are non adults, below 17 years of age, how should they be penalized? They should not be given a free hand to destroy the core values of a society. No matter what age group they belong to the sex offenders should be executed with some serious penalties.