Curley, Schultz and Spanier May Serve Time in Jail in Penn State Scandal, But it Doesn't Feel Like Enough
Finally, I hoped, some justice would prevail. It had been 19 years since the then-President of Penn State, Graham Spanier , had emails hit his inbox that Gerald Sandusky was being investigated about an incident involving Sandusky and a child in the showers in Penn State's Lasch building. Recently, Spanier had opted for a public trial in an effort to prove his innocence, but a former Penn State athletic director, Tim Curley , and former Penn State legal counsel, Gary Schultz , had pleaded guilty for the lesser charge against them - endangering the welfare of children - to avoid that spectacle. Spanier chose instead to fight his way in court that he was innocent - that the reams of information unearthed by Louis Freeh 's report were wrong about his involvement with Sandusky's crimes. Late on Friday afternoon, on a day of many other news events and distractions, the verdict was in: Spanier was found guilty of the same crimes for which Curley and Schultz pleaded guil