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In reply to the discussion: Wait! Whut?! Judge's instructions to Sandusky jury (unbelieveable) [View all]Spazito
(56,173 posts)Some of the charges alleged against Sandusky are more obviously crimes if they jury believes the evidence, he said.
Oral sex between a man and boy, for example, he said.
But, the judge told jurors that back-cracking, leg touching, washing a boy in a shower, and lathering his body is not criminal in and of itself.
To find Sandusky guilty of those things -- many of them alleged by some of his eight accusers -- jurors have to find that Sandusky did it to satisfy his own sexual desire. If he did not act out of his own sexual desire then he committed no crime, even if he acted in poor judgement, Cleland said.
There is more at the link here:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/jerry_sandusky_trial_judge_giv.html
The Judge also made it clear to the jury that even if they believed Sandusky suffered from histrionic personality disorder it was NOT a defense.