June 19, 2013

Penn State Scandal: Joe Paterno was fired over ‘failure of leadership’

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Penn State University head football coach Joe Paterno watches his team during practice on November 9, 2011 in State College, Pennsylvania. (November 8, 2011 – Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images North America) STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State trustees, faced with continued alumni and student criticism for firing football coach Joe Paterno, released a [...]

Alleged victims in Penn State case to face Jerry Sandusky

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — The alleged victims in the Penn State University child sex abuse investigation are bracing for confrontations with former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on Tuesday in a Pennsylvania courtroom, where prosecutors must show that there is enough evidence to bring Sandusky to trial on more than 50 criminal counts of [...]

Analysis: Sandusky seems determined for trial

Former Penn State University football defensive coordinator Sandusky is led away by police after being arrested in a sex crimes investigation, in Harrisburg

(Reuters) – Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky appears determined to hold out for a trial on explosive child sexual abuse charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life, legal experts said. Sandusky could face some of his accusers for the first time at a preliminary hearing set for [...]