Governor Tom Corbett Explains Why Sandusky Arrest Took So Long

From the PHILADELPHIA CRIMINAL LAW NEWS:

For about three years, the State of Pennsylvania was building a case against Jerry Sandusky. From 2009 until just this month, many Pennsylvania officials including Governor Tom Corbett (the former Attorney General handling the case) were aware of the allegations against Sandusky, but yet still allowed the former Penn State coach unfettered access to school facilities where many of the alleged crimes occurred, reports The Times-Tribune.

Now, Governor Tom Corbett and Jerry Sandusky are mixed together in the scandal and the governor will have to explain why he risked endangering additional youths in the three-year period by not taking action sooner to remove or arrest Sandusky.

On Monday, Corbett offered some insight on why he waited.

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Corbett explains his actions as AG on Sandusky case

From the TIMES-TRIBUNE:

Gov. Tom Corbett said Monday he would have risked revealing the path of a state grand jury investigation had he pressed officials to take away campus privileges extended to former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky before child sex-abuse charges against him were filed.

“It would reveal where we were going in the grand jury investigation,” Mr. Corbett added.

Speaking before the Pennsylvania Press Club, Mr. Corbett also said filing criminal sex-abuse charges against Mr. Sandusky based on just one incident before the grand jury report was ready could have backfired legally. He said investigators have found that in cases of alleged pedophilia, it’s important to establish a pattern of abuse because one is usually there…

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EDITOR: In other words it is okay to allow children to be molested and raped for three years  rather than lose an opportunity to get a conviction?   Sorry.  We find Corbett’s defense without credibility.

We further anticipate that facts will soon indicate that he was aware of far more than just one investigation.  Corbett is perched on a very slippery slope.  If he is lying, he may end up being indicted for obstruction of justice depending on whether is deplorable inaction was simply incompetence or he was willfully covering up for  croneys and to obtain political support and donations.