HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Penn State's former president can't travel to Saudi Arabia while he awaits trial on charges he engaged in a criminal cover-up of child sexual abuse complaints about former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a judge ruled today.
Dauphin County Judge Richard Lewis based his ruling against Graham Spanier on concerns that the United States doesn't have an extradition treaty with the Persian Gulf nation and noted travel warnings from the U.S. State Department.
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"More pertinent to this matter is the complete absence of a legal process by which (the) defendant could be returned to the United States for trial should he choose not to return or would unfortunately be detained as a result of unexpected political unrest, which is ever more commonplace in the region where he would be visiting," Lewis wrote.