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The attorney general's office wrote in a Monday letter to Judge John Boccabella that no legal impediment prevents him from enforcing the minimum jail sentence of two months.
The state’s attorney general’s office penned a letter to Judge John Boccabella Monday noting that “no legal impediment” prevents him from enforcing the 72-year-old’s two-month jail sentence and subsequent two-month house arrest. According to the Associated Press, Sam Silver, Spanier’s defense attorney, asked Boccabella Friday to revise his sentence to house arrest with electronic monitoring. Silver wrote that Spanier had heart surgery in 2019 and is suffering from an “advanced stage” of prostate cancer. “[Serving a jail sentence is] simply absurd and irresponsible right now,...
The state attorney general’s office wrote in a letter to Judge John Boccabella that no legal impediment prevents him from enforcing the minimum sentence of two months in jail, followed by two months of house arrest for former Penn State President Graham Spanier.
Today Partly cloudy this evening. Scattered thunderstorms developing after midnight. Low 61F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%.. Tonight Partly cloudy this evening. Scattered thunderstorms developing after midnight. Low 61F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 60%. Updated: March 26, 2021 @ 8:46 pm