HARRISBURG — State prosecutors say former Pennsylvania State president Graham B. Spanier should be sent to jail for his failure to act on reports that onetime assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing children, according to court documents.
“Nothing short of a sentence that includes a period of jail time would be an appropriate sentence for Graham Spanier,” the state Attorney General’s Office argued in sentencing memos unsealed Thursday morning. They argued that he showed “a stunning lack of remorse for his victims” and should be punished “for choosing to protect his personal reputation and that of the university in stead of the welfare of the children.