Former Penn State President Graham Spanier's petition for appeal has been denied by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, according to a recent press release.

"We are pleased by the Supreme Court's decision to deny Graham Spanier's appeal,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in the release. “No one is above the law, and my office will continue to pursue anyone who looks the other way in the face of child sexual abuse. There are consequences for failing to protect children in Pennsylvania.”

On May 24, 2017, a jury found Spanier guilty of a misdemeanor child endangerment charge. He was sentenced to spend at least two months in jail and two months on house arrest. Because the court denied to hear his appeal of the conviction, Spanier will likely head to jail soon.

Spanier's motion for a new trial was also denied in 2017.

In 2011, after it was discovered that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused children through his charity The Second Mile, Spanier resigned from the university. In 2012, former FBI director Louis Freeh released a report alleging that Spanier, along with other prominent Penn State figures, deliberately concealed Sandusky's decades-long abuse.

Spanier's charges directly stemmed from his handling of a 2001 report that Sandusky abused a boy in the football team's locker room.

The Sandusky sex abuse case has appeared in headlines numerous times in the past month. On Feb. 5, Sandusky's appeal for a new trial was denied. Less than a week later, a leaked report by seven Board of Trustees members criticized the methodology findings of the Freeh report.

On Feb. 25, Sandusky's lawyer will hold a press conference regarding the findings of the trustees' report.

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