Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 18:25:21 GMT -6
Court ruling on Sandusky cover-up case presents Kane with complex choices
A long-awaited Superior Court ruling that landed last month did more than just dismiss the most serious charges against three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sex attacks by Jerry Sandusky.
It also handed Attorney General Kathleen Kane what could be her clearest opportunity yet to steer the outcome of a case that helped shape her election and tenure.
Kane has less than three weeks to decide whether her office will ask the Supreme Court to reverse the Jan. 22 decision that drastically scaled back the case against former Penn State president Graham Spanier and top aides Gary Schultz and Tim Curley.
By accepting the ruling, Kane could leave unchallenged the court's attack on perhaps her biggest nemesis: Frank Fina. The former state prosecutor not only managed the Sandusky investigation but has since clashed with her in bitter conflict that has entangled much of Harrisburg.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160201_Court_ruling_on_Sandusky_cover-up_case_presents_Kane_with_complex_choices.html
A long-awaited Superior Court ruling that landed last month did more than just dismiss the most serious charges against three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sex attacks by Jerry Sandusky.
It also handed Attorney General Kathleen Kane what could be her clearest opportunity yet to steer the outcome of a case that helped shape her election and tenure.
Kane has less than three weeks to decide whether her office will ask the Supreme Court to reverse the Jan. 22 decision that drastically scaled back the case against former Penn State president Graham Spanier and top aides Gary Schultz and Tim Curley.
By accepting the ruling, Kane could leave unchallenged the court's attack on perhaps her biggest nemesis: Frank Fina. The former state prosecutor not only managed the Sandusky investigation but has since clashed with her in bitter conflict that has entangled much of Harrisburg.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160201_Court_ruling_on_Sandusky_cover-up_case_presents_Kane_with_complex_choices.html