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seafan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 10:16 AM
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Sandusky's Second Mile charity had fundraised for judge who freed him on unsecured bail.
Second Mile Raised Funds For Judge

15 Nov 2011, 4:28 PM EST


PHILADELPHIA - Documents released by a Philadelphia-area representative show The Second Mile, Jerry Sandusky's former charity, raised money for the judge who freed him on unsecured bail.

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Rep. Mike Vereb said in a statement he wants the state Supreme Court and Attorney General to review what happened at Sandusky's arraignment last weekend.
Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant coach, was freed on $100,000 unsecured bail by District Judge Leslie Duchtot, which means he didn't have to put down any money for his bail.

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In campaign filings released by Vereb, documents show Robert Poole, the chairman of The Second Mile, held a fundraiser for Leslie Duchtot on Oct. 9, 2007 as she was running for office.

At the time, Sandusky was still with the charity as its founder.

The fundraiser netted $1,463 and was held at Poole's house in State College, Pa.

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Oh, by the way, 'Judge Leslie' also serves as a volunteer at Second Mile.


But we're sure both of these facts are somehow irrelevant.



Jerry Sandusky faces 460 years in prison for sexually assaulting young boys over a 15-year span, some as young as 10 years old.

The prosecutors wanted $500,000 secured bail and an ankle monitor on the Defendant.


Judge Leslie Duchtot said 'nah'.








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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 10:28 AM
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1. Uff da! That judge should have recused herself, for sure.
Edited on Wed Nov-16-11 10:29 AM by MineralMan
Not a good sign.
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JohnnyLib2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 10:37 AM
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2. I wonder, is this case going to be in appeals courts forevermore?

Tainted judge, tainted attorney, probable requests for change of venue, big difficulties in jury selection....... let alone the slow moving justice system. ;(
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 10:39 AM
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3. Mission Accomplished..
Why anyone would be even mildly surprised over this is beyond me.. :shrug:
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 10:40 AM
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4. Amazing, and some D-bag on CNN the other day said that just because she
volunteered she shouldn't recuse herself...wonder what the D-bag has to say now.
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 10:58 AM
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5. And to think that I gave her the benefit of the doubt
Edited on Wed Nov-16-11 11:11 AM by rocktivity
I've read that Sandusky ended his association with Second Mile in 2008. I figured that there could be only one plausible reason why the judge didn't feel the need to reveal her involvement with Second Mile: it must have began AFTER 2008.

Absolutely the feds need to step in.

:mad:
rocktivity
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blue neen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-16-11 11:17 AM
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6. Of course.
The plot thickens, and sickens.
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