That's exactly it...a lot of times, doing what might feel right and/or what you'd like to do at the time only brings you fleeting satisfaction, & it only tends to make matters worse for you and/or your family in the long run. In this case, it seems like many of the people coming forward as having been victimized my Sandusky are adults & the abuse happened some time ago. That fact would have only made matters worse should one of his victims and/or victim's families actually beat the Hell out of him and/or killed him.

The irony is that, under Pennsylvania law, had someone killed him in retaliation for what he did, they would likely have been punished more severely than Sandusky was, as so much time had passed & it would have clearly been premeditated.

There was a case in Texas recently where a guy found another (47 year old) guy molesting his 4 year old daughter in a barn, & after pulling him off his daughter, the man repeatedly beat the man about the head...ultimately beating him to death. Due to the immediate threat posed, & the fact that IT WAS TEXAS in that case, no charges were filed against the father. The fact that the abuse was actually occurring at the time (recency) DOES make a difference everywhere though. The more time that passes (and it doesn't actually have to be a long time either), they less likely it will be viewed as justified. Of course Texas is a whole other animal...who knows what you can get away with there. Ha ha ha!

Anyway, and pardon the cliche, like you eluded to, two wrongs rarely, if ever, make a right...they really do only tend to make matters worse actually.