Perspective
Nov. 19, 2011
Penn State outrages: the Good Samaritan’s dilemma
Going by way of the French - should we impose a Good Samaritan law that criminalizes a person's failure to come to the rescue? By Joseph Sorrentino
Based on grand jury testimony, it has been reported that on separate occasions a janitor and an assistant coach at Penn State University witnessed a boy being molested. It is alleged that each failed to take any action to stop the crime. Sadly, this is only the latest in a long list of such shameful incidents.
To cite just a few examples, in March 1964 as she returned home from work at night, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese wa...
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