The former Penn State University assistant football coach, Jerry Sandusky, who has been convicted of child sex-abuse and molestation during his reign at P.S.U. is appealing a court's ruling to revoke his $59,000-yearly-pension.
The 68-year-old's attorney, Charles Benjamin sent a letter to the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement Board arguing that it had no legal basis for revoking his client's pension. The letter was sent earlier this month, but was obtained by the Associated Press on Wednesday through the state Right-to-Know-Law.
Sandusky or his attorney has declined to comment on the matter.
Last month, Sandusky, who was sentenced to between 30 years in prison in the child sex-abuse case has been transferred from the Centre County jail to the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill.
Sandusky will face physical and mental evaluation before he is assigned a risk level and moved to one of the state's facilities, where he will serve his 30-year sentence handed down to him earlier this month by Judge John Cleland.
Sandusky lawyer, Karl Rominger, told Fox News, "I have some concerns about his medical needs and we're going to be taking a careful look at that to make sure they're being addressed."
Sandusky, was sentenced to between 30 to 60 years in prison in the child sex-abuse case in which the 68-year-old was convicted of abusing 10 young boys over the span of 15 years.
At the sentencing, Judge John Cleland, said that Sandusky would be in jail "for the rest of your life," he went on to add "The crime is not only what you did to their bodies but to their psyches and their souls and the assault to the well-being of the larger community in which we all live," as reported by NBC News.
Prior to the sentencing, many legal analysts speculated that Sandusky could receive up to 400 years in prison. Sandusky was convicted on 45 out of 48 counts of child sex abuse, among the 45 counts; ten had a minimum sentence of ten years.
Joe Amendola, attorney of Sandusky, said that he was filing for appeal.
Sandusky addressed the court, still reiterating his innocence. "I didn't do these alleged disgusting acts," he said, adding that he had hope in my heart for a brighter day, not knowing when that day will come," as reported by NBC News.
In May, a jury of seven women and five men found Sandusky guilty of 45 out of the 48 counts against him for sexual abuse of ten young boys over a span of 15 years.
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