Freeh: Fear Of Bad Publicity Motivated PSU Officials
One day after the release of the more than 200 page Freeh report, the Penn State community is still trying to digest its findings.
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One day after the release of the more than 200 page Freeh report, the Penn State community is still trying to digest its findings.
People across the country are reacting following Thursday morning's release of the Freeh Report, an independent investigation into how Penn State officials handled the child sexual abuse case involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh is out today with a report on how Penn State officials handled the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case. In the lengthy report, Freeh singled out the men at the top of the university, saying they covered up the alleged actions with a "callous and shocking" disregard for the child victims.
Attorney General Linda Kelly's statement regarding the Freeh Report on Penn State.
Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials "concealed critical facts" about Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted on child sexual abuse charges last month, because they were worried about bad publicity, according to an internal investigation into the scandal.
The highly-anticipated report from former FBI Director Louis Freeh has been released. The report is an independent investigation into Penn State's handling of child sexual abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
The report on the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal from former FBI Director Louis Freeh will be released Thursday morning.
STATE COLLEGE (AP) -- Emails show Penn State's former president Graham Spanier agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to authorities but worried university officials would be "vulnerable" for failing to report it, a news organization has reported.
Just days after the verdict, a juror from the Jerry Sandusky trial is speaking out about the trial and Gov. Tom Corbett is also talking about the case.
Without the victims coming forward and agreeing to testify, the fate of Jerry Sandusky may have been much different. So, what happens now for the young men who shared their stories?
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was led away in handcuffs late Friday night after jurors convicted him on 45 of 48 child sex abuse counts.
Penn State University wants to "privately, expeditiously and fairly" compensate and address the concerns of victims abused by Jerry Sandusky, and it plans to reach out to their lawyers soon with more information, the school said in a statement Friday.
A Centre County jury delivered a guilty verdict on 45 of 48 counts against Jerry Sandusky in a child sex abuse trial Friday night.
The jury has found Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts. His bond has been revoked and he was led away in handcuffs from the courthouse. In the case of unknown Victim 2, the victim identified by Mike McQueary, Sandusky was found not guilty of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, but guilty of indecent assault, unlawful contact with minors and endangering the welfare of a child with regard to victim.
Jerry Sandusky's fate is now in the hands of a Centre County jury. The former Penn State assistant football coach is charged with 48 counts of child sex abuse.
After about seven hours of deliberation, the jury in the child sexual abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky has retired for the night.
The defense has rested in the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky.
Defense testimony resumed Tuesday morning in the child sex abuse trial for Jerry Sandusky. On Tuesday, the defense focused on the alleged victims and their attorneys. They were trying to paint a picture that investigators egged the alleged victims on to say things they hadn't previously said.
The prosecution rested its case in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial Monday morning after calling one final witness.
The prosecution is expected to rest its case Monday when the Jerry Sandusky trial resumes. Then, the defense will present its case.
The first full week of the child sex abuse trial for Jerry Sandusky has concluded, but new details about the defendant arose over the weekend.
The last of the alleged victims testified in the child sexual abuse case of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky in Centre County.
The third day of testimony is underway in the child sexual abuse case of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Emotions ran high during the second day of testimony in the child sex abuse trial of Jerry Sandusky on Tuesday. Former Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary took the stand Tuesday afternoon. McQueary testified about seeing Sandusky and unidentified alleged Victim No. 2 in the showers of the Lasch building.
The second day of testimony got underway Tuesday morning in the child sex abuse case of Jerry Sandusky.
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A major, nearly monthlong closure of Pittsburgh's Parkway East is underway, detouring hundreds of thousands of drivers.
A major, nearly monthlong closure of Pittsburgh's Parkway East will begin soon, detouring hundreds of thousands of drivers.
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