More than a decade after Jerry Sandusky's conviction shook Penn State and forced a national reckoning with institutional accountability, the former football coach appeared by video link in court as his attorneys prepare to carry his case into federal appellate territory. The move reflects a persistent legal strategy to find constitutional or procedural grounds that state courts have not resolved, even as the victims of his abuse face the prospect of yet more years before any final chapter is written. Federal appeals are rarely swift, and their outcomes are never certain — but they remind us th
Sandusky Appears Remotely as Legal Team Pursues Federal Appeal for New Trial
Sandusky was convicted of child sexual abuse involving multiple victims at Penn State University.