The judge who released Sandusky without bail does volunteer work for his foundation..

[Fumesucker]

http://www.centrelaw.com/attorney-profiles/detail.php?id=1

Ms. Dutchcot moved to Centre County in 2003. In 2005, Ms. Dutchcot was named the State College Jaycees Lawyer of the Year. She also completed the Leadership Centre County program in the class of 2004-2005. Ms. Dutchcot is Vice-President of Centre County Meals on Wheels, a counselor at Centre County Law Enforcement Camp Cadet, Inc., a member of the Nittany Valley Running Club and volunteers for the American Heart Association, The Second Mile and Centre County PAWS.

[RagAss]

1. Is it time to just call in the fucking drones on this place ???

[ellisonz]

6. Or the FBI...same thing.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. no, too many innocent students, staff and other 99 percenters

[RagAss]

13. It was a joke.

[pnwmom]

12. There was a $100,000 bail. n/t

[soapboxtalk]

2. Hmm

You think that maybe the judge is trying to hide something? Maybe he's toured the Penn St. showers a few times maybe?

[Fumesucker]

3. The judge is female..

[soapboxtalk]

5. Oh really?

Well they have a women's volleyball team too, right?

[ellisonz]

4. She should have recused herself.

[freshwest]

17. Gophers don't recuse themselves. They hang in until they get the big payday for corruption.

[rocktivity]

7. Okay, it's time to call in the Feds.

Eric Holder doesn't seem to be too busy...

:eyes:
rocktivity

[Fumesucker]

8. You're forgetting the deadly, dastardly pot smokers..

But rest assured that Eric Holder hasn't..

[Scuba]

22. +1

[pnwmom]

9. There was a bail, in the amount of $100K.

http://tribune-democrat.com/local/x811211771/Darkest-chapter-How-a-scandal-brought-down-PSU-legend

Nov. 5

Sandusky is arrested by state police, arraigned on 40 criminal counts, then released on $100,000 bail.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. An unsecured bond.

He didn't even have to pay a 10% deposit.

[pnwmom]

16. Where did you read that?

[Spider Jerusalem]

19. It's in several news reports, including this one from the local (to Penn State) newspaper:

Penn State coaching legend and Second Mile founder Jerry Sandusky was arraigned today on more than 40 charges alleging sex crimes involving minors.

Sandusky was arraigned before District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, and released on $100,000 unsecured bail. He was also ordered not to have any contact with children.

Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/05/2975521/former-penn-state-coach-jerry.html#ixzz1dZE4Re3W

[pnwmom]

20. Interesting. Maybe he's got lots of assets? But whether it's secured or not,

they could still go after that amount if he failed to show.

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. whoa. The power structure in that state sure take care of each other

[melissaf]

15. As far as I know,

The Second Mile cut all ties with Sandusky in 2008, when they learned that he was under investigation for child sexual abuse. If the judge started volunteering after Sandusky was out, there wouldn't seem to be any direct conflict of interest.

[Fumesucker]

21. Do you think judges should avoid the appearance of conflict of interest?

Because from where I'm sitting it certainly *looks* like a conflict of interest..

Perhaps that entire area is so intertwined with the tentacles of Sandusky's crimes that there is no judge there that can appear free of the connections?

[hootinholler]

18. Oh Dear...

This does not bode well.

[Celebration]

23. sorry, I don't see a conflict

no financial ties.

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. Ties don't have to be financial; she might want to see the reputation of The Second Mile kept clean

and so have an interest in having Sandusky being able to communicate freely with people from the charity to coordinate stories etc. In practice, I expect some wealthy friend would have stood bail, but, if he had been tagged, they might know what his movements were (are prosecutors allowed to record that data before a trial?)

[Harmony Blue]

24. This is a full blown conspiracy cover up in the works

Time to take off the tin foil hat and face the fact that this will be big when all is said and done. :tinfoilhat:

[no_hypocrisy]

25. The Prosecutor should have asked for the judge to be recused and to get

a non-affiliated judge to preside.