This says it all
Nov. 7th, 2011 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiRegarding the Penn State rape cases:
Schultz's lawyer said his client was not among those required by law to report suspected abuse. He also argued that the two-year statute of limitations on the summary offense has expired.
If his defense is that he should get off on a technicality, that speaks pretty strongly to the truth of the incidents.
And yeah, Schultz might be right that the charge doesn't apply to him (although he's still a perjurer), but if you're the sort of human being who thinks all's fine because you weren't legally obligated to report child abuse, you deserve pain and misery.
And don't think, for a second, that Joe Paterno doesn't own a ton of responsibility here. As others have already noted, his "defense" is that he reported it up the ladder. Then did nothing. Living legend, my ass. Can't-die-soon-enough disgrace would fit the bill better.
Schultz's lawyer said his client was not among those required by law to report suspected abuse. He also argued that the two-year statute of limitations on the summary offense has expired.
If his defense is that he should get off on a technicality, that speaks pretty strongly to the truth of the incidents.
And yeah, Schultz might be right that the charge doesn't apply to him (although he's still a perjurer), but if you're the sort of human being who thinks all's fine because you weren't legally obligated to report child abuse, you deserve pain and misery.
And don't think, for a second, that Joe Paterno doesn't own a ton of responsibility here. As others have already noted, his "defense" is that he reported it up the ladder. Then did nothing. Living legend, my ass. Can't-die-soon-enough disgrace would fit the bill better.