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Joe Paterno, the late head football coach at Penn State, provided grand jury testimony in January 2011 as part of the investigation into his former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, who was later convicted of child sexual abuse. Paterno was not a target of the criminal investigation, but his name and actions were detailed in the resulting grand jury presentment, which became public in November 2011.

Big News In The Jerry Sandusky Case! We have just done a mind-blowing two-hour interview for our “With the Benefit of Hindsight” podcast with the wife, and mother of his 2 children, of one of the trial accusers who was paid over $5 million by Penn State. She is now 100% sure her husband (who she is now divorcing after listening to our podcast) lied about Sandusky, and that Sandusky is indeed innocent. Here is the climactic end to that discussion. We will be releasing the audio version of the full interview on Monday, for free, on our podcast feed. This will be a MUST listen to anyone remotely interested in this case, or even just our criminal justice system.

“I am also happy that the suspected shooter is dead.” In all the reactions from political leaders the world over, I can find no other expressing such lipsmacking satisfaction at the violent death of another human being. While others appeal for calm, Poilievre rejoices in retribution. It’s human enough, in such moments, to think it. But to say it — and not in some unguarded private moment but as the public reaction, with the potential for further violence hanging in the air, of a would-be prime minister… This is not normal.