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Penn State ex-president Spanier’s request for appeal denied

The man who served as Penn State's president when the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal erupted may soon be headed to jail after Pennsylvania's highest court said it will not take up his appeal

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier leaves a suburban Harrisburg courtroom, November 7, 2012, after his arraignment on charges in connection to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. (Michael S. Wirtz/Staff)
Former Penn State President Graham Spanier leaves a suburban Harrisburg courtroom, November 7, 2012, after his arraignment on charges in connection to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. (Michael S. Wirtz/Staff)Read more
    by Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The man who served as Penn State's president when the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal erupted may soon be headed to jail after Pennsylvania's highest court said it will not take up his appeal.

The state Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear Graham Spanier's appeal of a misdemeanor child endangerment conviction related to his handling of a 2001 complaint about Sandusky showering with a boy in the football team locker room.

Spanier had argued the trial judge and a lower appeals court wrongly relied on a statute of limitations law that prosecutors never cited.

He's been out on bail and hasn't begun serving a sentence of two months in jail and two months' house arrest.

Spanier and his lawyer didn’t return messages seeking comment.