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Jury begins weighing Spanier's role in Sandusky scandal

Related Topics: Jerry Sandusky, Jury, Endangerment

HARRISBURG — Graham B. Spanier and two of his top lieutenants at Pennsylvania State University agreed on a plan 16 years ago that ultimately allowed child sex predator Jerry Sandusky to roam free for a decade, leaving “a sea of carnage” in his wake, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday.

“All they cared about was their own self-interest,” deputy attorney general Laura Ditka said.

But Mr. Spanier’s lawyer countered that after years of investigation, prosecutors were unable to produce a shred of evidence that the longtime university president knew Sandusky had been sexually assaulting boys and that he failed to act on it or stop anyone else from doing so.