An ignominious record

AP photo -- Sunday morning ...Penn State REMOVES Joe Paterno statue from football stadium (22 July 2012) ... (Photo credit: marsmet551)

Among other things, 2012 will be remembered as the high water mark in child sex-abuse scandals.

http://verdict.justia.com/2012/12/13/the-year-in-review

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