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Jerry Sandusky Resentenced to 30 to 60 Years, Same as Before, in Penn State Child Sex Abuse Case
A judge dashed the hopes of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky for a shorter prison term Friday, resentencing him to the same 30 to 60 years imposed against him in 2012 for sexually abusing children. Judge Maureen Skerda gave Sandusky what prosecutors and his own attorney described as effectively a life term during a hearing ordered this...
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Could R. Kelly Insiders Be Exposed to Criminal Liability in Sex Abuse Case?
After R. Kelly met a girl celebrating her 16th birthday at a restaurant, it was his manager who handed her Kelly’s business card with the R&B star’s personal phone number on it, telling the teen that Kelly wanted her to give him a call, according to prosecutors.
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Parkland Victims Remembered One Year After MSD Shooting
Hundreds of thousands of students and adults across Florida and beyond bowed their heads in a moment of silence Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that left 17 people dead.
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Judge Denies Jerry Sandusky's Request for New Trial, Orders Resentencing
A Pennsylvania appeals court is denying Jerry Sandusky’s request for a new trial but is ordering him to be resentenced for a 45-count child sexual abuse conviction.
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Ex-MSU President Charged With Lying to Police About Nassar
Ex-Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon was charged Tuesday with lying to police during an investigation of the handling of serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar — the third current or former campus official other than Nassar to face criminal charges in the scandal....
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Heavy Hearts For Marjory Stoneman Douglas Football Team as Fall Practice Begins
The Eagles — now ambassadors for a school and a community that in many ways is still reeling from the Feb. 14 massacre — took the field for practice at 12:01 a.m. Monday, since under Florida rules teams could begin their fall workouts on July 30.
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Lawyers Accused of Ethical Lapses in Jerry Sandusky Investigation
The agency that investigates and prosecutes wrongdoing by Pennsylvania lawyers wants the state Supreme Court to punish Penn State’s former general counsel and a prosecutor who helped convict Jerry Sandusky of child molestation related to their involvement with the 2012 grand jury investigation.
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Florida School Shooting Survivors Visit Sept. 11 Museum in NYC
Clustered around a touchscreen at the Sept. 11 museum, a group of high school students inscribed a message that began, “#neveragain.”
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Parkland School Resource Officer a ‘Coward' for Not Confronting ‘Grim Reaper': Survivor
A Parkland school shooting survivor who was injured said school resource officer Scot Peterson was a “coward” for not confronting the gunman, whom he said looked like the “Grim Reaper.”
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Hero Stoneman Coach Laid to Rest
Marjory Stoneman Douglas assistant football coach Aaron Feis was laid to rest Thursday as friends and family members remembered his as a hero during the school shooting.
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Again the Question: Could Armed Teachers Stop Shootings?
Utah teacher Kasey Hansen says carrying a concealed weapon in school is “more of a solution” than hiding in a corner and waiting if an armed intruder enters the classroom. But Texas teacher Tara Bordeaux worries that she lacks “the instincts” of a law enforcement officer and can’t easily see herself carrying a gun in class. Both say carrying a...
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Teacher With Gun Could Have Stopped Fla. Shooter: Student
After a gunman stormed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida Wednesday and killed 17 people, a student who survived the massacre said suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz could have been stopped if a teacher had a firearm as well. Colton Haab is a junior at Stoneman Douglas and a second lieutenant in the school’s JROTC. He told Fox News...
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'God, I Don't Like This Plan': As Funerals Begin for Mass Shooting Victims, Parkland Mourns and Wonders Why
Authorities have not described any specific motive, except to say that Nikolas Cruz had been kicked out of the high school, which has about 3,000 students and serves an affluent suburb
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Parkland Shooting Victims Mourned, Others Recovering
There were 17 victims killed in the Parkland high school shooting. Nine remain hospitalized throughout Broward County locations. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports.
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Trump Decries ‘Terrible Violence' in Fla. School Shooting
In an address to the nation, President Donald Trump offered his condolences to the victims of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
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These Are the Lives Lost in the Parkland High School Shooting
All 17 people killed in Wednesday’s deadly high school shooting have been identified by sheriff’s officials. Officials with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office said these people died in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: Peter Wang, Nicholas Dworet, Aaron Feis, Luke Hoyer, Alaina Petty, Jamie Guttenberg, Alex Schachter, Martin Duque, Alyssa Alhadeff, Helena Ramsay, Scott J. Beigel, Joaquin...
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Abuse Victims Say They Were Required to See Disgraced Doctor
Another wave of victims confronted Larry Nassar on Wednesday, this time about sexual abuse at an elite Michigan gymnastics club where young athletes felt they had to use the disgraced doctor’s services and could not question the adults who ran the facility. The judge presiding over the case said the number of people who allege they were abused by Nassar...
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Penn State Still Fighting 2 Jerry Sandusky Sexual Abuse Claim Lawsuits
One of two lawsuits still pending in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal is nearing trial, and lawyers for the alleged victims in both cases say they have evidence Penn State administrators were not the only people at the university who knew about sex abuse by the ex-coach years before his arrest.
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Judge Denies Convicted Child Molester Jerry Sandusky a New Trial
Jerry Sandusky lost a bid Wednesday for a new trial and a second chance to convince a jury he is innocent of the child sexual abuse charges that landed him in state prison to serve a lengthy sentence.
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PSU Might Sue Charity Founded by Jerry Sandusky
Penn State University has filed paperwork indicating it intends to sue the charity founded by ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whose child molestation scandal rocked the school in 2011. Sandusky’s charity, The Second Mile, has been dissolved and its assets surrendered to the state Attorney General’s Office.