Convicted abuser Sandusky’s latest request for relief fails
HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that convicted serial child abuser Jerry Sandusky’s latest attempt to have his conviction overturned failed Tuesday, when a judge dismissed a Post Conviction Relief Act filing. Sandusky was convicted in 2012 of sexual abuse of numerous children — who he accessed through the former coach’s Second Mile charity — and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. Since the conviction, he has filed numerous appeals. The state courts have rejected each challenge to his conviction. Though the PCRA Court provided Sandusky with the ...