The courts reject the latest attempt to have former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's conviction overturned.
Sandusky's request was formally dismissed by the Court after Sandusky withdrew his claim that one of his victims had recanted.
It was a little more than 14 years ago when Sandusky was convicted of more than 40 criminal counts involving sexual abuse of minors through the foundation he founded in 1977 called The Second Mile, which was to help at-risk children and those from single-parent or broken family homes.
Prosecutors say Sandusky acted as a father figure to the victims, some of whom said they had taken showers with Sandusky, and were sexually abused in, among other places the Penn State locker room.
“This was yet another attempt by a convicted child predator to avoid accountability and escape punishment for years of abuse he perpetrated under the veil of a child-empowerment program,” Attorney General Sunday said in a release. “I commend our litigation team for challenging this alleged recantation by one victim, and putting on record the voluminous evidence that debunks this highly-suspect claim by defense counsel.”
