else matters, except making sure those kids are protected, that s a problem. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight s question, should the judge have recused herself from sandusky s case? text a for yes, text b for no to 622639 and go to our new blog at ed.msnbc.com. i ll have the results later on in the show. let s bring in mike papantonio, attorney, and the host of the radio show ring of fire. good to have you with us tonight. your response to those comments by sandusky in the interview. he s defending himself, saying that he is not a pedophile. what do you make of it? he s looking at 400 years, ed. he s building his case in the media. we see it time and time again these days. look, this is the problem with people doing nothing. had they done what they were supposed to do, there d be evidence. you have a whole procedure that you use in a rape case. now it comes down to his word against any children who might come forward.
nbc news. mike mcqueary who is on administrative leave wrote to friends and former teammates. i did the right thing. you guys know me. the truth is not out there fully. i didn t just turn and run. i made sure it stopped. i had to make quick, tough decisions. and there s more. today the judge in the case is coming under big-time scrutiny. the judge has done volunteer work for the second mime mile charity, the kids organization founded by sandusky. charity work is common for judges but the appearance of a possible conflict of interest is a problem and it doesn t end there. the judge and her husband donated money to the second mile charity in 2009. in 2007, the board chairman of second mile, roger stone hosted
men.an ke t iedhecht breaking news tonight on the penn state child sexual abuse case. nbc s rock center obtained an interview with jerry sandusky and his lawyer just a short time ago. we now have an excerpt of the interview that was conducted by bob costas. mr. sandusky, there s a 40-count indictment, the grand jury report contains specific detail. there are multiple accusers. multiple eyewitnesss to various aspects of the abuse. a reasonable person says where there s this much smoke, there must be plenty of fire. what do you say? i say that i am innocent of those charges. innocent?
state officials in 2002 after a horrifying shower incident. raykovitz says he was only told an employee was uncomfortable seeing sandusky in the shower with a boy. raykovitz did not notify police. in 2005 or 2006, according to the grand jury report, another victim met sandusky through the second mile charity. sandusky continued to have access to children from the second mile until 2008 when he notified the board he was being investigated. this fits the same unforgiveable pattern we have seen in this case. time the and time, people in position of authority and leadership had an opportunity to do more. they didn t, and more children were allegedly victimized. over the weekend, president obama gave his opinion on the scandal. what happened at penn state indicates that at a certain point folks start to think of systems and institutions and
access to children from the second mile until 2008 when he notified the board he was being investigated. this fits the same unforgivable pattern we have seen in this case. time and time, people in positions of authority and leadership had an opportunity to do more. they didn t. and more children were allegedly victimized. over the weekend, president obama gave his opinion on the scandal. what happened at penn state indicates that at a certain point, folks start thinking about systems and institutions and don t think about individuals. when you think about how vulnerable kids are, for the alleged facts of that case to have taken place and for folks not to immediately say nothing