I'm not going to go over this again. The world knows what Paterno testified to, it's not worth to rehash so that you can cry about it. Your interpretation is wrong, simple as that.
GMJ....you are nothing if not consistent! The statement on which you base Paterno's "Admission of Sexual Guilt" is a stretch at best when considering ONLY that statement alone. It is so much easier for you and the OAG to create the illusion that Paterno "knew" when you take each item (testimony and allegation) and limit yourself to that alone.
This is NOT about the statement ALONE...it is about a 9 year old situation where the content of what was said can be "back-filled" to achieve any message you engineer. This is the case for EVERYTHING which is publicly known about this "Scandal".
If you want REALITY...You need to look at the TOTAL KNOWN evidence and you will see that the "message" you and the OAG assert is pure BS!!!
Today...
you can not support MM's testimony - a
cornerstone on which this legal case is built - because in 2001 NO ONE ACTED as if MM saw "ANYTHING". It was, at best, a meeting where MM reported Sandusky showering with a kid. With the benefit & context of a 2011 3 year State of PA investigation into Sandusky
, you MAY be able to make a case for your "Joe Had to Know".
But that is not real world in 2001 - the only perspective that Paterno and PSU had to judge what MM reported and the only thing that provided justification for Penn State's appropriate next step handling was....
it was a non-event. Even if you take a word-for-word evaluation of Patern's statement, you STILL can not be sure of the true
content of what Paterno said.
Add to that that you are looking at PA State "testimony" records - something without audio backup to corroborate the accuracy of what was said and you have fundamentally nothing. This is the problem with this situation...if what was legal TRUTH in the public "Story" presented by the OAG & Freeh, then why the 6+years of continuous sequestering of key details which would either prove or disprove what you and the OAG promote????
Remember...this is the same case where two counts of Perjury by PA investigators goes untouched!!!
Until you find a way to get around
the need of the State to HIDE EVIDENCE....you have what is reality - this continues to be a CRIMINAL ABUSE of the Legal Process and
what is nothing short of Criminal conspiracy by a group within the PA State government.
I realize that "Conspiracy Theories" are not a popular way to look at this...YET, based on the known facts OVERALL and the kind of suspicious behaviors by PA, Freeh and the OGBOT....Face it...
The SHOE FITS!!! No other rational conclusion!