New Judge Named To Handle Penn State Scandal Case : The Two-Way : NPR
A judge from a different Pennsylvania county who “has no known connections with Pennsylvania State University, the Second Mile charity, nor any officers or representatives of any of those entities,” will handle the Dec. 7 preliminary hearing of the case against accused child sex abuser Jerry Sandusky, The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reports.
The newspaper adds that the appointment of Judge Robert E. Scott from Westmoreland County to handle the hearing follows the raising of questions about connections between the judge who had been handling the case and the charity for at-risk children — Second Mile — founded by Sandusky: