Sandusky Case Study

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In many cases I like to maintain an open mind to a situation presented to me. In this case, the conspirators who contributed to Sandusky's abuses should be found guilty. Spanier, shultz and curley should all be found guilty and as mentioned before have no excuse as to why they turned a blind eye to a situation such as this one. If people who are alongside a murderer can also be found guilty of murder, then what difference does it make for these people to be charged with something less when they should receive the same charges such as Sandusky. For many years within the community the public trust was being fed nothing but lies behind their backs. Sandusky, Spanier, Schultz and Curley abused the people's trust. Sandusky and his conspirators continued

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