Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to spend at least 30 years in prison altering being convicted on 45 counts of sexual abuse towards young boys. Currently at the age of 68, he still denies that he has done wrong. According to the Washington Post, the former assistant football coach said back in June, "We're definitely in the fourth quarter now. We will continue to fight. There's much to fight."
The 68-year-old claimed that he is innocent and that he is wrongly being accused by a "veteran accuser." The fact is that all the evidence points that Sandusky is a indeed a "child molester." It is a sad case of someone in authority taking advantage of their position and luring young victims that are not old enough to understand the situation.
One victim wrote, "He promised to be my friend and mentor. Jerry Sandusky humiliated me beyond description.."
Another victim said to Sandusky face to face, "I don't forgive you, and I don't know if I ever will forgive you. I grew up in a bad situation, and you only made it worse."
Even after the victims came out and spoke with courage and pain towards Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant coach still defended himself.
Washington Post reported that Sandusky said, "Others can take away my life. They can make me out as a monster. They can treat me as a monster. But they can't take away my heart. In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts."
This highly publicized case has brought light to how the Sandusky was protected by former colleagues by not speaking out against him during the time when the abuse towards the young boys occurred. Since the scandal has been brought out to light at the end of last year, President Graham Granier and Joe Paterno has since lost their jobs. They failed to protect the children and victims. Two other former Penn State officials Tim Curley and Gary Schultz were charged with failure to report child abuse and were charged with perjury with a trial schedule for January.
