Jerry Sandusky
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After the Verdict We Watch Fireworks
And that house right there? The one that sits exactly adjacent to field? Whose windows overlook the swings and the monkey bars and the kiddie pool and the slip-n-slide and the blackberry bushes? That is Jerry Sandusky’s house.
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“Without the Spectacle, There is Nothing”
At Salon, Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay writes about the cheering of Sandusky’s guilty verdict, and our spectacle-centric culture. “The pictures are the story. The videos are the story. The confession of a broken man is the story. The protective…
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This Hypothetical Life (Penn State is the World)
The Sandusky case pulls back the curtain on all kids who, like his alleged victims, become sexually victimized and exploited because of their poverty.