Politics & Government
Corbett Met Special Prosecutor Over Sandusky Delays
Corbett was the commonwealth's Attorney General when his office received the case in 2009. Jerry Sandusky wasn't arrested until November 2011.
Gov. Tom Corbett this week met with a special prosecutor to discuss why it took so long to bring charges against former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
That likely means that Attorney General Kathleen Kane's review of the Sandusky case is nearly done, PennLive reported.
During her 2012 campaign, Kane frequently questioned why it took Corbett's office some three years to bring charges against Sandusky, The Philadelphia Inquirer said.
Corbett was the commonwealth's Attorney General when his office received the case in 2009. Sandusky wasn't arrested until November 2011.
Corbett ran for governor in 2010. There has been speculation that Corbett timed the investigation so that the case wouldn't break before his gubernatorial run, PennLive said.
Sandusky, a former assistant coach at Penn State, was convicted in June 2012 of 45 out of 48 counts of child sexual abuse, and is serving 30 to 60 years in state prison.
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