Patrick Smith
2 Total Updates since October 22, 2012
7 months ago Update 0 comments
Jerry Sandusky has been transferred from Centre County jail to a state prison, although it's unclear where the sex offender will serve the 30-plus year term that is essentially a life sentence.
The former Penn State assistant was moved Tuesday to the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill, according to the Associated Press, after spending the months since his conviction in June in the county jail. There, he will undergo testing to determine his mental and physical status and whether he needs special treatment. He will also be assigned a security level. After this process, which could take up to a week, Sandusky will be assigned to a prison, where he will likely spend the majority of the rest of his life.
Pennsylvania's prison system does not maintain special units for sex offenders. Although Sandusky's could hypothetically outlive his sentence, which is for 30-60 years, Judge John Cleland said that the term was intended as a life sentence. The 67-year-old Sandusky maintains his innocence and vows to fight the case on a variety of grounds, including that his defense wasn't given sufficient time to prepare for the charges made against him.
7 months ago Update 0 comments
Aaron Fisher, who identified himself as Victim 1 in the Jerry Sandusky court case, will have a rally for his support next weekend at Lock Haven University. A group of Lock Haven residents and those with children in the Keystone Central School District will attend the picket at 11 a.m. Saturday. A vigil will also commence at 7 p.m.
The purpose for the rally is to protest Central Mountain High School, which Fisher last attended in 2008. According to this report from PennLive.com, the school did not take the proper action when Fisher first spoke of the abuse he had suffered as a child. Fisher was also bullied after speaking out about Sandusky, which forced him to change schools.
Fisher first came out about the abuse on ABC's 20/20 last week. Outrage in the Lock Haven community immediately broke out, and now those in charge have plenty of questions to answer.
7 months ago Article 0 comments
Aaron Fisher revealed himself as Victim 1 in the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse case Thursday, as he also released a book on the struggles of bringing the case to light.
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