He did the right thing years ago......The Grand Jury affirmed it.
The grand jury was only determining legal guilt. They had no say as to what was the right thing to do. The right thing to do would have been to STOP Sandusky. Anyone that knew that Sandusky was raping boys and did not act to stop it to the best of their ability is GUILTY of not doing the right and moral thing. Lawyers hide behind 'technicalities'. Why are you?
The GJ report doesn't address Paterno's actions. In fact it doesn't resolve the conflict between Joe's version & those of other witnesses, namely McQueary's. The DA basically said that Paterno is not legally in jeopardy. But that's largely window dressing. Paterno is going to cooperate with the prosecutor. That much was announced already.
Paterno is going to paint the picture that puts away the 2 PSU administrators. And in return the prosecutor will not charge him with anything. The whole thing stinks, but that's the way cases like this are often brought.
Paterno was right to report the incident, as he knew it, to his boss. He was wrong to not even try and follow up on it. After all, from that time on he was aware of a child being sexually abused - by someone he knew. Didn’t that bother him? None of the “adults” there were interested in doing the right thing.