Post by Logan on Feb 6, 2016 21:57:14 GMT -6
The office of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane asked Superior Court on Friday to reconsider a ruling by three of its judges that tossed out key charges against three Pennsylvania State University leaders in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
The three judges last month overturned a lower-court ruling that upheld obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges against former president Graham B. Spanier; Gary Schultz, a former vice president; and Tim Curley, a former athletic director, along with perjury charges against Spanier and Schultz. A perjury charge against Curley remains.
The court has 60 days to act on the request. If the request is denied, Kane's office could appeal to the state Supreme Court.
Kane, whose law license is suspended, did not make the decision, said Chuck Ardo, Kane's spokesman. Her lack of a license precluded her from doing so, but she did not object to the action, Ardo said.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160206_AG_challenges_ruling_on_ex-Penn_State_officials.html
The three judges last month overturned a lower-court ruling that upheld obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges against former president Graham B. Spanier; Gary Schultz, a former vice president; and Tim Curley, a former athletic director, along with perjury charges against Spanier and Schultz. A perjury charge against Curley remains.
The court has 60 days to act on the request. If the request is denied, Kane's office could appeal to the state Supreme Court.
Kane, whose law license is suspended, did not make the decision, said Chuck Ardo, Kane's spokesman. Her lack of a license precluded her from doing so, but she did not object to the action, Ardo said.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160206_AG_challenges_ruling_on_ex-Penn_State_officials.html