Sandusky Appeal Dismissed 10:59 pm
Convicted Child Molester Jerry Sandusky has lost another bid to get a new trial with a State Court ruling this week that dismissed his latest Appeal. Jerry Sandusky claimed there’s new evidence in his case that warrants a new trial. The former Penn State Football Defensive Coordinator was convicted in 2012 in Centre County Court, on more than 40 counts of Child Sexual Assault.
Without considering the validity of the new evidence itself, a State Superior Court Judge ruled Sandusky waited too long, or as she put it “Dithered” for a year and a half before presenting the Evidentiary Argument to the Court. The Judge dismissed it and denied overturning his conviction and ordering a new trial.
Jerry Sandusky might have just gotten a $95K break from a Pa. appeals court
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Today 3:25 PM
Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse to be resentenced Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse in 2012 and sentenced to 30 to 60 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP
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Convicted child molester and former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky might have just received a $95,000 break from the state Superior Court.
It came Thursday when the state judges sent his criminal case back to Centre County Court to determine whether a $95,048 restitution order slapped on Sandusky along with his 30- to 60-year prison sentence is justified.
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Pharmacy Technician Synclaire Anderson vaccinates Joe Freed with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 on Saturday, April 24 at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. PHOTO PROVIDED
Damage to equipment at the Tiger Den playground is pictured above. CHRIS MORELLI/THE EXPRESS
Rachelle Edmiston of Pleasant Gap, at right, is a Native American who graduated from Bellefonte Area High School. She said that she has never been offended by the Red Raider mascot or logo. In fact, she has Native American tattoos on her forearm and wrist. CHRIS MORELLI/THE EXPRESS
Parker Goodrow, a junior at Bellefonte Area High School, and Jennifer Palmer of Bellefonte show their support for the Red Raider nickname on Saturday at the Centre County Courthouse.
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Bellefonte residents came out in force on Saturday to show their support for the Red Raider nickname at the Centre County Courthouse.
BELLEFONTE With a critical school board vote looming on Tuesday, the Bellefonte community came together one more time in what appears to be a last-gasp effort to save the Red Raider nickname.
On Saturday afternoon, around 50 supporters rallied outside the Centre County Courthouse. There were current students, parents, residents, alumni and taxpayers in attendance. They wore T-shirts and sweatshirts with the words “Bellefonte Red Raiders” on them. Some wore Red Raider masks. There were plenty of signs both homemade and professionally printed in the crowd. Those who drove by on Bellefonte’s “Diamond” honked horns and gave the crowd a “thumbs up” out of their car windows.
Red Raider Name Change Protest 12:37 am
An update to a story we have been following for weeks. Earlier this month, the Bellefonte School Board voted to remove the Red Raider logo, and the Community was not happy with the decision. Now, the Red Raider name is on the chopping block. In Bellefonte on Saturday, current Students and Graduates let their feelings towards keeping the name be known.
Alumni and Students alike lined the front of the Centre County Courthouse, attempting to show this name change is not what the community wants. A few dozen people showed up outside the Centre County Courthouse this afternoon to protest against removing the Red Raiders as Bellefonte’s Mascot. Cherelle Zeigler is a Graduate of the School. She’s adamant that doing away with the Red Raider name would wipe away the past. Cherelle Zeigler of the Class of 1996 saying: “It’s pride, its tradition, if by changing the name and taking away the mascot, you take away history. You take