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Ex-Penn State officials face sentencing in Sandusky scandal

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier and two other former school administrators are to be sentenced Friday on charges of child endangerment for failing to report a 2001 allegation about Jerry Sandusky to authorities in a child sex abuse scandal that first broke more than five years ago.

Prosecutors are seeking jail time for Spanier, 68, with sentencing guidelines calling for up to a year in prison. His lawyers are pushing for probation.

Spanier, who was convicted at a jury trial, has said he plans to appeal.

Former athletic director Tim Curley, 63, and former vice president Gary Schultz, 67, each pleaded guilty.