Judge OKs trial for former Penn State officials in Sandusky scandal

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania | Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:13pm EDT

(Reuters) - There is enough evidence to try former Penn State officials, including ex-president Graham Spanier, for covering up the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a judge ruled on Tuesday.

After a two-day hearing, Judge Harrisburg District Judge William Wenner ruled that a criminal trial can be held for Spanier, 65, former athletic director Tim Curley, 59, and former senior vice president Gary Schultz, 63.

Sandusky, 69, a former assistant football coach, was convicted in June 2012 of 45 counts of sexual abuse involving 10 boys. He is serving a sentence of 30 to 60 years in a state prison.

(Reporting by Dave Warner and Teresa McMinn; Editing by Barbara Goldberg)


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/30/us-usa-pennstate-sandusky-idUSBRE96T17220130730

[Hubert Flottz]

1. An example needs to be made of everyone involved.

America needs to protect those children that ARE born.

[iandhr]

2. Does it go to a grand jury now?

[msanthrope]

4. No--they were indicted by a grand jury, and this was the preliminary hearing.

In the PA system you can waive your PH, or you can challenge the prosecution to show why it should go forward.

[Mnemosyne]

3. I imagine that some of those that were covering up may have been covering their own involvement

in crimes against children.

Sickening fuckers.

On edit: And I hope to hell Kane goes after Gasshole for not doing his job when AG. He needs taken down sooo many pegs.

[Wolf Frankula]

5. Hopefully they'll go from Penn State to State Penn.

Wolf

[B Stieg]

6. Hang 'em High.

Spanier's been a crook since he was in bed with the record industry.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Excellent news!

Maybe that will wipe those smug smirks off their entitled faces. These assclowns thought they were going to walk today.

[Jamastiene]

8. Good.

They should get convicted of at least something for covering up such horrible crimes for ages like they did.