BradyManny
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So you would you be okay with a law stating that, if you have any suspicion that a felony has occurred, regardless of whether or not you actually witnessed it, you are legally required to report it to the police? Because that has law of unintended consequences written all over it.
Fair enough - Paterno may not have witnessed anything, but people involved in this did. That's not a suspicion, that's direct knowledge. In that case, yes, I think the law should punish people for failing to report something of this nature. On a suspicion? No. But if you witness something. Sure, yes, it should be your moral AND legal responsibility to report that.