You guys give me shit for typing too much - I get it, you simpletons - but that was one long, well researched article. And very, very well written. Never heard any of that.
For those of you who can't read anything longer than 240 characters, here are the Cliffs from memory:
- 1977 PSU freshman from Long Island comes to PSU
- Gets into some trouble and is suspended for his second year
- Rapes at least 3-4 women on and around campus.
- Is arrested, tried and convicted, and the dumb fuck judge lets him go home while on appeal, something no one had ever heard of.
- While at home he rapes 4 more women, is arrested and convicted and sentenced to a total of 21 years.
- Gets out on parole after 7 years even though everyone said dude should not get out.
- Within a year he is a drug addict and murders a taxi driver.
- Convicted and dies in jail around 2020-ish.
- Ruined a bunch of lives ... a bunch.
It doesn't paint Joe Pa in too bad a light, but does point out how sexual assault/rape was treated differently back in the day. Joe Pa got a little too involved, but for the most part did what he should have done. The local police did a terrible job, and the criminal justice system screwed up time and again. Someone should have throat punched the judge, and I hope he lived a terrible life after that decision.