Zach Berger

The Penn State Board of Trustees is on site at the university’s Beaver Campus for its July meetings on Thursday and Friday. The board’s various committees are set to discuss everything from renovations to building names to the Berkey Creamery.

“We are pleased that the judge saw fit to impose a sentence that guarantees the victims a lengthy period of peace without having to look over their shoulder,” district attorney Stacy Parks Miller says. “We hope this sentence gives them some relief from what has been a nightmare.”

The appeal of Hoover’s decision comes after he ruled against the defendants on Jan. 14 after they requested to have Baldwin’s grand jury testimony thrown out of the case. They argued that using her testimony would be a violation of attorney-client privilege, but Hoover disagreed.

“Jay Paterno and William Kenney repeatedly proclaim they are on a search for ‘truth,’ but their actions say otherwise,” the filing says. “From the beginning of this case they have taken the view that they can accuse never have to explain, that they can play offense but never have to defend.”