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Should Penn State’s Football Program Be Suspended?

Ever since a report was released last week that shows legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno covered up the child abuse being committed by his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, our cartoonists have been weighing in with their thoughts.

While most critics are calling for Paterno’s statue to be removed (including our cartoonists), Mobile Press-Register cartoonist JD Crowe thinks the entire Penn State football program should be suspended – for 14 years.

Here’s his cartoon:

And here’s what he wrote on his blog:

For 14 years, Jerry Sandusky was allowed to roam, raping children and destroying young lives while the powers at Penn State turned a blind eye and said nothing.

The Penn State football program should be silenced for at least 14 years. It’s as plain as the nose on Joe Paterno’s face.

Do you agree with Crowe, or should the football program not be punished? Comment below or drop us a note on our Facebook page.

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Joe Paterno’s Statue

Cartoonists like visual metaphors, and there’s no bigger representation of everything that’s wrong at Penn State than the bronze statue of Joe Paterno that stands outside of Beaver Stadium.

Critics are calling for the statue to be town down in lieu of a report that clearly shows Paterno helped cover up the actions of his former assistant coach, convicted child rapist Jerry Sandusky.

Here are some cartoons about the statue by a handful of our cartoonists. Think it should be torn down? Comment below or drop us a note on our Facebook page.

Nate Beeler / Columbus Dispatch (click to view more cartoons by Beeler)
Rob Tornoe / Philadelphia Inquirer (click to view more cartoons by Tornoe)
J.D. Crowe / Mobile Press-Register (click to view more cartoons by Crowe)
John Cole / Scranton Times-Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Cole)
Milt Priggee / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Priggee)
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Cartoonists React to Sandusky Guilty Verdict

Former assistant Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has been found guilty on 45 of 48 counts of sexual abuse of boys over the course of a 15-year period. He will mace a maximum sentence of 445 years in prison, where he will now spend the rest of his life.

Here are five political cartoons about the verdict and the pain and misery Sandusky has caused so many…

Randall Enos / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Enos)
Randy Bish / Pittsburgh Tribune- Review (click to view more cartoons by Bish)
David Fitzsimmons / Arizona Daily Star (click to view more cartoons by Fitzsimmons)
John Cole / Scranton Times-Tribune (click to view more cartoons by Cole)
Joe Heller / Green Bay Press-Gazette (click to view more cartoons by Heller)
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Best Political Cartoons of the Week

Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and stuff them into one big, glorious slideshow.

So just relax and catch up on a week’s worth of news with our Best Cartoons of the Week slideshow.

Nate Beeler / Columbus Dispatch (click to launch slideshow)

 

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Joe Paterno Cartoons

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Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle (click to start slideshow)

Joe Paterno is Penn State. The legendary coach is now expected to retire at the end of the season as he has suddenly found himself in the middle of a horrifying child sex abuse scandal.

Jerry Sandusky, his former assistant coach and one-time heir, is accused of assaulting boys as young as 10 between 1994 and 2009.

What do our cartoonists think about all this? Check out our new Joe Paterno Scandal cartoon collectionto find out.