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Updated: 2021-05-26 11:55:26

Judge upholds Penn St. ex-president Spanier’s jail sentence

Spanier was charged in 2012 and convicted by a jury in March 2017, but appeals had allowed him to stay out of jail.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Ex-Penn St. president’s Sandusky-related conviction restored

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a release that Spanier “turned a blind eye to child abuse by not reporting his knowledge of Jerry Sandusky’s assaults to law enforcement.”

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

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Federal Education Department: Penn State violated Title IX after Jerry Sandusky case

"'Justice delayed is justice denied,'and for too long the students of Penn State have been denied justice.”
By The Associated Press

Penn State settles ‘outstanding issues’ with Paterno family

The school says it has agreed to pay “certain of the Paterno family’s expenses” and wishes to move forward.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Sandusky prosecutor and former Penn State lawyer disciplined

A former prosecutor who led the child molestation case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is losing his law license for a year over his handling of a grand jury witness in the case.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Judge rejects Sandusky’s latest request for shorter sentence

A judge said Tuesday that she purposely fashioned the prison term to have an impact on the former Penn State assistant football coach.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Ex-player sues Penn State over football hazing allegations

A former Penn State football player claims in a new federal lawsuit that other Nittany Lions players hazed him and other younger teammates.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Updated: 2019-11-22 17:07:44

Jerry Sandusky resentenced to 30 to 60 years, same as before

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was resentenced Friday to 30 to 60 years in prison, the same penalty as before, for sexually abusing children.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press

Court ponders discipline against Penn State case prosecutor

Amelia Kittredge ith the Office of Disciplinary Counsel told the state Supreme Court in Harrisburg that Frank Fina violated a rule against prosecutors issuing subpoenas without a judge’s approval to get information from lawyers about their current or former clients.

By Mark Scolforo/The Associated Press
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