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Excerpts From the Report:

"It does not appear that Attorney General Corbett took affirmative steps to slow the pace of the investigation, whether to protect campaign contributions or for any other reason.

"It does not appear that Attorney General Corbett took affirmative steps to slow the pace of the investigation, whether to protect campaign contributions or for any other reason.

". . . Different investigative choices early in the investigation might well have generated a far stronger case against Sandusky by the summer of 2010, which in turn would have

significantly altered the decision-making calculus.

"Had investigators and prosecutors taken a 'big-picture' approach at the outset, brainstorming for ideas about how best to proceed, they might well have identified and pursued avenues that proved successful later, such as searching Sandusky's residence, reviewing his autobiography, Touched, and aggressively exploring the possibility that Sandusky had been investigated previously."

- H. Geoffrey Moulton, author of the report

"The report points out some of the choices we made and how they allegedly could have been done differently, yet what must not be lost is one basic, unimpeachable fact: the investigation - and the choices made therein - led to the conviction on 45 counts of this state's worst child molester. Given the outcome, we stand by the choices we made."

- Prosecutors William H. Ryan Jr., Richard A. Sheetz Jr., Randy P. Feathers, Frank G. Fina, and Joseph E. McGettigan

"The Second Mile did not delay the investigation. It responded to every request for information on or before the date on which the information was requested."

- Kevin L. Hand, lawyer for former Second Mile officials

"Overall, the report glosses over what are very blatant and significant issues and facts regarding the delays in prosecuting this case and the obvious lack of manpower assigned to the case."

-Michael W. Gillum, psychologist for Victim 1

"Attorney Eshbach strongly advocated . . . for a prompt presentment to the grand jury so Mr. Sandusky could be charged. Ultimately, the decision to charge Mr. Sandusky was not hers to make. Likewise, the ability to protest the decision not to charge Mr. Sandusky in 2010 was not hers."

-Edward A. Paskey, lawyer for former Senior Deputy Attorney General Jonelle Eshbach

"Mr. Moulton's hindsight does not equate to the investigators' experience of actually having conducted the investigation; interviewing the witnesses and assessing their credibility; working through obstacles and roadblocks; and making immensely difficult decisions in real time."

- Col. Frank Noonan, state police commissioner

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