What’s the Plan Here?
My Reply
The comment deserves a reply.
What is the plan, you ask? The plan is to report the truth. I believe the evidence shows Jerry Sandusky is innocent and was wrongly convicted.
The plan is to help prevent it from happening to others.
It may be true that Sandusky is out of options in the same legal system that falsely placed him in prison, but maybe many will ultimately learn the truth. That is the plan.
Don’t be too sure Sandusky is out of options.
Still, even if he is out of options and must die in prison, a group of liars should not enjoy their perjury-obtained millions without the world knowing they put an innocent man in prison. They are not brave. They are cowards.
And a group of prosecutors and government officials who had improper motivations, and certain trustees at Penn State, should not live with their deception or at best the wrongful results forever concealed.
And let us not forget the civil attorneys, the psychologists, the trial judge, the grand jury judge, and the media.
I was shocked to read many of the pre-trial news reports. Everyone was blatantly presumptive of Sandusky’s guilt. One major network had even positioned its news reporter in front of a large image that read “The Jerry Sandusky Scandal.”
It was not a “scandal,” but, with the presumption of innocence, it should have been a story about a defendant accused, but not convicted, of severe crimes.
My Role
For my part, this is not a story of a day or a week. It is a story of many weeks that will require relentless coverage. The same kind Sandusky received from the media. There will be plenty that is new.
Even if it were not new, it is the truth.
Truth trumps courts; it trumps public opinion. Truth trumps politics and political correctness. Truth is older than the hills.
If it is the truth, it will outlast you, me, the hills, and this world itself.
I don’t need a plan to tell the truth. The truth will take care of itself. And it will reach those for whom it is intended.
As for Sandusky, I believe there are few men with his strength. He has experienced the world’s presumption of guilt, and the hatred that comes from the perverse nature of the crimes he’s alleged to have committed. He has borne it with grace and inner conviction. That is a lesson in itself. That the entire world stands against you, thinks one thing of you, but something more powerful rebuts the world and keeps the spirit intact. Your inner knowledge of the truth.
Sandusky spent more than five years in solitary. He is 11 days from his 80th birthday, and has spent 11 years in prison.
He may die in prison, we don’t know.
In Drama
I recall lines from Maxwell Anderson’s Winterset, inspired by the story of anarchist immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were executed in 1927 on what time has revealed was a false robbery and murder charge. In the play, Bartolomeo Romagna is wrongfully convicted of killing a paymaster during a robbery.
Before the judge pronounces the sentence of death, Romagna is given an opportunity to speak and he says:
“In all my life, I have never stolen and I have never killed. I am an innocent man. Everyone who knows me knows this and you, Mr. Judge, you know this too. You will send me to my death. You should be sorry for me, but really it is me who is sorry for you. In the dark night, I will be before you, and you will know you have done wrong. You will be afraid. But me, I’m not afraid. It is not me who goes to death, Mr. Judge, it is you, a living walking death, with my face and my voice following you everywhere. And I’m sorry for you.”
In Winterset, it took years, and public revelations that Romagna was likely innocent, but the judge became a broken man, unsettled, and a wanderer.
Sandusky Had a Chance to Admit Guilt
After Sandusky spent seven years behind bars, with 23 more years to serve before he would be eligible for parole at age 98, he was given an opportunity for a reduced sentence if he admitted his guilt and showed remorse.
He told Judge Maureen Skerda, “I apologize that I’m unable to admit remorse for this, because it’s something that I didn’t do. No matter what, nobody or nothing will ever be able to take away what’s in my heart.”
The judge was unmoved and referring to the eight millionaires who testified against Sandusky as “brave young men,” chose not to reduce his sentence.
More to Follow
I do not feel sorry for Sandusky. I feel sorry for those who participated in his false conviction, and for those who can see the truth if they studied this case even a little, but who choose to ignore it.
My question for the anonymous commenter above, “Which are you?”
I have invited other writers, researchers, and investigators to contribute to the Frank Report on this topic. Soon readers will see what others who have studied the evidence think. In our next post, I will present what some who had no personal interest in the case, but who studied the evidence, have publicly said.
Frank Parlato 
Janine Morrison 
J.J. O'Hara 
Richard Luthmann 
Marie White 
Paul Serran
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The jury never should have convicted, out of more than 600 kids’ and their families interviewed, the only evidence were police reports and grand jury reports that condensed huge amounts of circumstantial evidence. For example, Petrosky saying that the way he knew that the abuse and violence Calhoun was talking about related to Sandusky and a kid was that he’d seen Sandusky holding hands with a kid, and another janitor had seen Sandusky in a car with a kid. Yet Calhoun, in the actual police interview, said, no that is not what he was referring to, he knew Sandusky and Sandusky would never do anything like that. In the meanwhile Judge Cleland had allowed the hearsay testimony as if Calhoun had shouted out Sandusky’s name.
Anyone with any intelligence would see that Petrosky talking about seeing Sandusky holding hands with a child was his way of trying to justify why Calhoun may have been refeerring to Sandusky. So the situation isn’t that Calhoun shouted “Look what Sandusky was doing,” but rather as explained in the grand jury presentment, Calhoun had some sort of breakdown where he became distressed about his time in the Korean war, and the other janitors understood that he must have seen abuse to trigger his breakdown and they believe the most likely perpetrator would have been Sandusky due to his closeness to kids.
Or, the McQueary charge…based on hearing what in the preliminary perjury trial against Curley and Schultz, McQueary descrived as “two or three rhythmic slapping sounds.” If it was two, what exactly makes two slaps ‘rhythmic’? What interval of time between two slaps is ‘rhythmic’. McQueary said he was “100 percent sure” what he saw was over the line..later said “but not 1000 percent sure.” McQueary wrote to Eschbach saying he was misquoted in the grand jury presentment.
Or the one phone call when prosecutors advertised a 1-800 toll free tip line, where a guy said he had been picked up hitchhiking in a silver car and violently raped, and recognizes Sandusky’s picture.
Not one of the compilations of witness testimony is anything but representing confusion about what people seem to have said, incorporated over many years into witness statements by Narcotics agents whose method of operation is to apply pressure to witnesses until they crack.
The interview where police induced victim 4 to change his testimony .. . he had said Sandusky is innocent …. and the way detective leiter lied to make him change his story was recorded, possibly by Andreozzi who, though the civil attorney, may have decided to act ethically and switch the tape recorder back on. What Victim 4 accused Sandusky of exadtly matches what he was — falsely — told that v1 had said. But only the words, while the meanings of the words do not match. There is no consistent story, no consistent MO except that JS was close to, fostered and adopted many many kids and interacted with hundreds through the second mile charity which he started.
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You’re sick. Joepa is in hell for his role in all of this, btw.
In the part of the world where I live, if I discovered that a coach for one of my sons’ sports teams was showering with them and other boys, and wanted to take them on overnight trips by himself, that would be addressed by myself and the other fathers. There would be no need for the court system or the police. We would address things promptly and finalize them quickly, if we were feeling merciful; rather more slowly, if we really wanted to make a point.
Fuck Jerry Sandusky he ruined Joe Paterno legacy
People like you ruined it by pushing bullshit. Explain to how this ruined Paterno’s legacy? https://vault.si.com/vault/1999/12/20/last-call-jerry-sandusky-the-dean-of-linebacker-u-is-leaving-penn-state-after-32-years-to-devote-himself-to-a-different-kind-of-coaching
Great article. smh
It is totally common for older men to shower with boys and share hotel rooms with them. My Catholic priests did that all the time in my middle and high school years. Sandusky is only “guilty” of helping kids.
Saying your Catholic priests did it isn’t much of a defense lol. Did they ask hug you while you were both naked in the shower?
Has anyone else ever considered that the Sandusky trial was fake? That it was a scam to launder $$$ from Penn State? That Jerry and Dottie are chillin’ on the beach somewhere?
I listened to Ziegler’s podcast on the subject, some episodes more than once. It is obvious Sandusky never molested anyone and the stories from kids like Paden and Fisher are completely insane. Whose mom allows your teenage kid to stay at some old man’s home every weekend for 3 years?? Fisher lived 50 miles from Sandusky and McClure, PA (Paden’s hometown) seems to be a similar distance from State College. That’s a 2-hour drive almost every weekend for each kid . . . for 3 years!! Is that at all credible?
The prosecutors and investigators never interviewed Sandusky about anything during the 3-year investigation prior to indictment. Does that seem odd to anyone? I believe Sandusky spoke with a child services representative at the very beginning regarding the Fisher allegation that Jerry made him feel “uncomfortable”, but nothing after that.
The prosecution could have determined the identity of the “boy in the shower” from a 10-minute conversation with Sandusky once they learned of the 10-year old allegation from Mike McQueary. Instead of confronting Sandusky (or arresting him for assault?), investigators interviewed dozens (hundreds?) of current and former Second Mile kids about Sandusky. 99.9% of them said Sandusky never touched them, including Allen Myers (the boy in the shower). Myers was interviewed by police because he had been a Second Mile kid, but the police did not know he was “the boy in the shower”.
So the prosecution goes to trial knowing that Sandusky could call their bluff at any time by naming Myers as “the boy in the shower” and forcing Myers to exonerate him? Myers had denied any wrongdoing by Jerry to the police and Sandusky’s attorney and had maintained a “father figure” relationship with Sandusky for over 10 years. No prosecutor would ever do that . . . again, it’s not credible. Unless the whole thing is fake. And the fakery is shown by the fact that Sandusky did not testify at his trial or take advantage of any preliminary hearing to gain insight into the stories of the “accusers”.
I appreciate a good “true crime” story like everyone else, but this one is too ridiculous to believe. I think those investigating this story need to start thinking outside the box.
Yeah, ok.
Sandusky reminds me of that Mayor from Seattle.
“Oh he was just mentoring the poor, disadvantaged kids”.
Uh huh
Your pedo defense of late is deeply disturbing, Frank.
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/national/jeffrey-sandusky-charged-with-sexual-assault/gNI4kUZ4y9907SZ8aOW9TM/
Since Mark Pendegrass said it best, I will just copy: Credit Mark Pendergrass: “Jeff Sandusky, one of the six adopted children, sent a stupid text message and is serving a prison sentence for it. This has absolutely nothing to do with Jerry Sandusky, other than the fact that the police saw the name Sandusky and went nuts. Read what I wrote about this case in the book, please. ” https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/trial-by-therapy-jerry-sandusky-case-revisited/
You pedo defenders get tripped up by hard facts like text messages.
All your money on this PR campaign just going down the drain.
Keep spending!
I don’t understand. Why can’t this man appeal his conviction?
BECAUSE THE PIG IS GUILTY. Please read the transcripts from the case it answers your question in detail. . This kid was poor, so what, he’s a liar now doing this for money. What if he was rich he wouldn’t have lied. Poor kids are always the victims of these pigs My guess it these articles are just to drive traffic. Hey, where is your girl, Catherine Kassenoff’s death certificate. Never have seen it yet. Shame on you all
Love your response. Truth matters. Glad Sandusky refused to admit what he did not do.
Jerry is an innocence man. This man was convicted and proven guilty by the media and by the Penn State University even before he had a chance to prove his innocence. All players of greed then jumped on board and were determined to prove him guilty knowing the monetary value of return. EXPOSING the truth to the general public via main media networks will be the only way this man will ever get a CHANCE for another trial. I hope Frank can do this for Jerry.
Correction: Jerry is an innocent man!
It’s telling that those who fear the truth use such lame arguments as the jury has spoken. There is an abundance of evidence leading to a conclusion of innocence. People are uncomfortable challenging an accepted conclusion. That doesn’t change the truth. I admire your persistence. Please stay the course.
If you don’t love America and our jury system move to Cuba you commie.
How did you get that interpretation?
As a proud veteran surely you know errors have been and continue to be made. As a proud veteran you would advocate for freedom of speech and freedom to debate and question outcomes. Thank you for serving our country. We owe these freedoms to you.
Thanks for the answer, Frank.
If only life were like a fictional play.
As I suspected, this has nothing to do with securing Sandusky’s freedom, but only with a PR campaign by wealthy Penn State football program donors who are embarrassed by all the side eye they get from people at the country club. Seems like they are pouring more money down the Pateno black hole, but that’s their right.
There is some reason to doubt Sandusky got a fair trial.
No wonder you post anonymously, you defend child molesters like Sandusky.
https://youtu.be/KsU4_KLex8s?si=TXR6Hl23sE-pMzlA
Words by woody Guthrie.
Frank, that’s a heap of word salad to say there is no known strategy to free Jerry.
All the Paterno fan bois should pray to Jehovah for a miracle.
How come KR got so much more time than JS? Isn’t the crimes committed by JS worse?
You sound like an anti-cultist, Alonzo.
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Jerry deserves 360 years. But he’s going to die in prison even under his lenient sentence.
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I am beginning to hate this story and Frank Parlato. You has no business to write about this story. He was convicted. Nuff said. It is over. Stop now before you get yo self in trouble city.
You want trouble keep a writing. Yo mouth ain’t equal to our power
Is this supposed to be an admission that you are one of the folks living off the benefits of corrupt politicians and the lies of several convicted felons that are the only thing that exists in this whole case besides evidence that would point to Jerry’s innocence? If so, consider actually being a decent human for once in your life and just admit that the whole thing is a scam that cost the state and the school tons of goodwill and money even though nothing ever happened.
This is such a well thought out and eloquently written reply.
Are you trying to sound illiterate? You’re working very hard to misspell your mispronunciations. 😁
Frank wrote another beautiful column about Jerry and his response to pleading guilty was and is never going to happen. That’s not who Jerry is. One of the people that Jerry admired is a former Lutheran pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Look him up. He was an amazing man who was hanged by the Nazis just days before the prison camp he was held in was liberated by the Allies in WWII. The pastor could have saved his life many times if he had just renounced his religious beliefs. He could not do that and paid the ultimate price. Jerry has that same courage and can not admit to something he did not do.
Sandusky said his church caught fire along time ago. Was that an omen? If I recall back in Oct. the third week of 1987. I watched it burning late in the day. I was there. true story why would I lie. I still farm for a greater cause
If you knew Jerry Sandusky you would know he would have told you what he did if it was true. There is no way he would want to see this many people hurt.
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Pedos lie, you idiot!
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Lol. Yeah pedos always admit what they do.
Interesting. I was attending training at Penn State main campus when this was going on & when a group of snot nosed brats took down the statue of Jo Pa. I’d be interested in knowing more. I served him papers at SCI Greene when I was chief deputy. He was arrogant but respectful.
Thank you for being a good citizen and standing up for truth and justice.
You don’t feel sorry for Sandusky? Falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, spending 11 years in prison. What’s wrong with you?
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I laugh at Jerry and his supporters: Jerry’s Kids
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He is a child rapist who is exactly where he belongs.
“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”― St. Augustine of Hippo
The Truth defended itself with you Richard. That’s why you went to prison. We all know how that turned out for you.
If The Truth defends itself, why did you and Jerry hire attorneys? Why did you work as attorney? Why do you identify as a journalist? Just let The Truth do its work unmolested.
Viva Truth
I’m totally going to start saying that, Viva Truth!
You know, mate, when a Catholic boy like Richard says you are innocent of raping kids you know it’s true!
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You know, mate, when a Catholic boy like Richard says you are innocent of raping kids you know it’s true!
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Richard, you would love the saint of hippos, you fat ass.
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