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Former Penn State President Sentenced to Jail Over Sandusky Scandal

Graham Spanier and two former university administrators will serve months in jail for attempting to conceal allegations of sexual abuse.
Source: Matt Rourke / AP

Former Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier received a minimum sentence of two months in jail, followed by two months of house arrest, on Friday after failing to report a 2001 allegation that the university’s ex-assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky, had sexually abused a young boy. Despite his refusal to plead guilty, Spanier was convicted of child endangerment, a misdemeanor, on March 24. The maximum sentence he

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