Discuss the concept of criminal failure to act

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Research the Jerry Sandusky sexual Assaults and how this case was handled by Penn State.

Discuss the concept of criminal failure to act.

Did Assistant Coach Michael McQuery have a legal or moral duty to intervene in the alleged sexual assault he witnessed?

Did Coach Joe Paterno have al legal or moral duty to intervene in the alleged conduct once he became aware of it?

Include at least one other example or case in which "someone has done nothing while bad things are happening around them." What legal duties, if any, should be imposed and what theory of punishment and what punishment should be applied? Who should be the one to decide the legal duties and punishment?

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