Penn State ex-president convicted of one charge in Sandusky scandal

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

A jury convicted the former president of Penn State University of child endangerment on Friday for his handling of a 2001 report that assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was seen molesting a boy in a campus shower.

But jurors in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, acquitted Graham Spanier of a second count of child endangerment and of conspiracy.

The verdict ends the last criminal case in the Sandusky scandal, which shocked the Penn State community and ended the career of famous football coach Joe Paterno, who oversaw the school's team for 45 years. Paterno, who died in 2012, was never charged.

The school eventually paid more than $90 million to settle civil claims filed by accusers.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pennsylvania-sandusky-idUSKBN16V2X9

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U.S. | Fri Mar 24, 2017 | 6:29pm EDT
By David DeKok | HARRISBURG, PA.

[joeybee12]

1. Headline makes it seem like he got off

Only one charge, but the charge is child endangerment. Glad to see some accountability

[Orrex]

4. I had the same thought

I lived in State College for most of a decade. The Paterno Cult is very strong there, even now. I'm amazed that they got anything to stick.

[joeybee12]

5. I know

They must have presented s very strong case.

[Stuart G]

2. I hope he gets some jail time....k and r...

[LuckyLib]

3. It's what happens in the "good ole boy culture".

Recent Prez of the University of Texas San Antonio went down for sexual harassment and being involved with his chief of staff.

How stupid do you have to be?