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I'm not particularly surprised at Jerry Sandusky acting like this after being found guilty. Honestly. I'm just startled that Lawyerin' Joe Amendola and his crack(ed) team of lawyers didn't make more of an effort to shut him up before his sentencing or any appeals have even been filed.
In previous appearances in front of the media (witness his immortally suspect appearance on NBC's Rock Center, a massive gaffe that could've been even worse for him if a certain portion of the interview had actually aired), Sandusky came off as a shifty, incredibly unsavory Dirty Old Uncle who came off that way for exactly one reason and one reason only: he knew what he had done and was still unprepared to admit it to himself or anyone else. As with most people like this (or anyone else who has a similar lack of insight regarding their past bad behavior), he still hasn't learned shit about himself. He has learned who to blame, though - everybody else:
"A young man who was dramatic a veteran accuser (sic), and always sought attention, started everything. He was joined by a well-orchestrated effort of the media, investigators, the system, Penn State, psychologists, civil attorneys and other accusers. They won. I've wondered what they really won: Attention, financial gain, prestige… will all be temporary. Before you blame me, as others have, look at everything and everybody. Look at the preparation for the trial and the trial. Compare it to others. Think about what happened. Why, and who made it happen? Evaluate the accusers and their families. Realize they didn't come out of isolation. The accusers were products of many more people and experiences than me. Look at their confidants and their honesty. Think about how easy it was for them to turn on me given the information, attention and potential perks. I never labeled or put down them or their families."
That smoking turd of craziness is from Penn State's ComRadio (click on the first link above for a transcript); I'm not sure why Lawyerin' Joe didn't tell him to actually shut the fuck up for once and let him do his supposed job, but my guess is that Amendola is just as not in control of the situation as he was when he gave the OK for Sandusky to make that fateful appearance on Rock Center. That appearance cemented his reputation as the current Most Guilty-Looking Man in America, 2011 edition, and it was all downhill from there. Either way, this conspiracy theory craziness is too little, too late; if Amendola and company had voiced it during the actual trial, it might not have saved their client's bacon (or even be taken seriously, for that matter), but at least it would've looked more like an actual defense strategy and less like the incoherent ramblings of a convicted serial sex criminal. And that is what Sandusky is, after all, bizarre sentencing hearing statement or not.
In previous appearances in front of the media (witness his immortally suspect appearance on NBC's Rock Center, a massive gaffe that could've been even worse for him if a certain portion of the interview had actually aired), Sandusky came off as a shifty, incredibly unsavory Dirty Old Uncle who came off that way for exactly one reason and one reason only: he knew what he had done and was still unprepared to admit it to himself or anyone else. As with most people like this (or anyone else who has a similar lack of insight regarding their past bad behavior), he still hasn't learned shit about himself. He has learned who to blame, though - everybody else:
"A young man who was dramatic a veteran accuser (sic), and always sought attention, started everything. He was joined by a well-orchestrated effort of the media, investigators, the system, Penn State, psychologists, civil attorneys and other accusers. They won. I've wondered what they really won: Attention, financial gain, prestige… will all be temporary. Before you blame me, as others have, look at everything and everybody. Look at the preparation for the trial and the trial. Compare it to others. Think about what happened. Why, and who made it happen? Evaluate the accusers and their families. Realize they didn't come out of isolation. The accusers were products of many more people and experiences than me. Look at their confidants and their honesty. Think about how easy it was for them to turn on me given the information, attention and potential perks. I never labeled or put down them or their families."
That smoking turd of craziness is from Penn State's ComRadio (click on the first link above for a transcript); I'm not sure why Lawyerin' Joe didn't tell him to actually shut the fuck up for once and let him do his supposed job, but my guess is that Amendola is just as not in control of the situation as he was when he gave the OK for Sandusky to make that fateful appearance on Rock Center. That appearance cemented his reputation as the current Most Guilty-Looking Man in America, 2011 edition, and it was all downhill from there. Either way, this conspiracy theory craziness is too little, too late; if Amendola and company had voiced it during the actual trial, it might not have saved their client's bacon (or even be taken seriously, for that matter), but at least it would've looked more like an actual defense strategy and less like the incoherent ramblings of a convicted serial sex criminal. And that is what Sandusky is, after all, bizarre sentencing hearing statement or not.
