Jerry Sandusky on suicide watch after being found guilty of child sex abuse

Manchester (UK) Guardian ^ | June 23, 2012 | Ed Pilkington and Matt Williams

[Zakeet]

Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has been placed on suicide watch in jail, his lawyer said on Saturday, day after being found guilty of the serial sexual abuse of vulnerable young people.

Speaking on CNN, Sandusky's co-counsel Karl Rominger said his client was in protective custody and being kept away from other inmates as a precautionary measure, adding that there was no "immediate concerns" about Sandusky's wellbeing.

Sandusky is currently in jail awaiting sentencing for 45 counts of sexually abusing underage boys over a 15-year period. Sandusky is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison, although his attorneys have indicated that they will appeal.

Late Friday, a jury of seven women and five men returned after more than 20 hours of deliberations in the trial in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. It found Sandusky guilty of 45 out of 48 counts, and he was taken away from the court in handcuffs.

There were dramatic scenes outside the courtroom where a large crowd of hundreds of spectators had assembled. They cheered when the verdict was announced, and someone shouted "Rot in hell' as Sandusky was put into a police car and driven away.

A mother of one of his victims said: "Nobody wins. We've all lost."

[Morpheus2009]

Not likely, because unless this guy gets solid solitary confinement, he won’t last long. Guys in prison have a thing against pedophiles, and believe me, they can and will get brutal.

[abb]

http://www.examiner.com/article/why-the-ncaa-will-not-slap-penn-state-with-death-penalty-or-lack-of-control
Why the NCAA will not slap Penn State with death penalty or lack of control

[libstripper]

Not only is Sasndusky evil, he's a total, arrogant fool. He knew he was guilty and his lawyer told him he was likely to be found guilty. At that point he should have realized the jig was up and he had to choose a quick, not too hard, immediate death or living in pure hell and terror for the rest of his miserable life, which another con is likely to end with a shank, just as Jeffrey Dahmer’s life was ended.

[hinckley buzzard]

Really, this rat-bastard will cost us a fortune over the next 25 years or so. Better he should be encouraged and allowed to do the right thing. Waste of f*ing oxygen not to mention taxpayer dollars.

[hinckley buzzard]

Maybe even lucky enough to see him get shanked.

I'd pay money to watch that. Just call me civis romanus.

[hinckley buzzard]

No excuse but I’d bet my life savings the same thing happened to Jerry when he was a kid.

I wouldn't. There are millions of trauma victims who do not re-enact, and there are fetishists who molest without any previous history. I might bet ten bucks though.

[Havisham]

Rubbish! Does anyone doubt what this goon would do left alone with anything with an orifice? He’s incapable of suicide because he has only ONE instinct.

[hinckley buzzard]

That wouldn't happen. He might get whacked some day but people like Sandusky adapt very well to prison. Life sentence is usually no punishment at all to these people.

The human capacity to adapt is not limited by virtue. Victor Frankl's celebrated ability to adapt to the concentration camp is no greater than the ability of a Sandusky to adapt to life 'inside'.

[hinckley buzzard]

Jst saw your comment. Right on. Clinically, every rapist in prison will tell you he was a sex abuse victim himself. He has been trained to say this by social workers. It is frequently not true.

[Havisham]

I don’t think it’s a look of despair. I think he’s thinking how long it’s been since he enjoyed a child rape! There’s no soul in there; he’s just a goon.

[Morgana]

Chode please! He’s taking up our air needlessly!

I mean I know there is no shortage of oxygen but still...........

[chae]

There is no way she did not know this was going on. On another thread they were talking about the look she gave him on the stand. She knew, she just was willing to turn a blind eye, probably because she liked the status of being this guys wife.

[redhead]

"I’d rather he stay alive and live a long, miserable life in prison getting raped on a daily basis."

ditto. I wish he would be turned in with the general population, and that he never got another chance to pull up his pants or stand up straight again. Ever.

[COBOL2Java]

Check out that hollow, vacant stare of Sandusky in that jail photo. This is a man who finally realizes his fate and is staring into an abyss of hopelessness and despair. The remainder of his life (probably a short one) will be a hell the rest of us can barely imagine.

"[cackle] That shore is a purty mouth yew got there, Sandusky!"

[OKSooner]

He shoulda killed himself before he did the first kid.

Also, there's something about his face, 'specially his eyes... something that ain't right.

[lightman]

The remainder of his life (probably a short one) will be a hell the rest of us can barely imagine.

Except for the kids he molested.

Jerry, welcome to their world.

[Chode]

we can spare it... he has to pay for his crimes here on earth first then it's God's turn

his life will prolly be a living hell every single day till his day comes and that's OK by me

people like him do not do well in prison and the anguish and fear for his life he will experience every single day will be worth the O2

[conservative98]

[lightman]

He could still do the only honorable thing left (yeah,it would take some creative thinking but his deviant mind has proven quite capable of that) and spare us the expense of an appeal.

But I suspect he’d rather diddle his victims one more time.

[joe.fralick]

Why did this schmuck put the state and the victims through a trial? He should have taken himself out, or entered a guilty plea and taken his punishment. Just shows what a depraved POS this guy is.