Corbett to Kane: Hire outside counsel on handling of Sandusky case

SCRANTON TIMES-TRIBUNE:  Gov. Tom Corbett suggested incoming state Attorney General Kathleen Kane can turn to outside attorneys for help in investigating how the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case was handled because of the extent of work possibly involved.

“She has to talk to all the people who prosecuted the case,” said Mr. Corbett Thursday during a meeting with the Times-Tribune editorial board at the Governor’s Residence. He used private attorneys for matters on occasion during his tenure as attorney general…

Mrs. Kane of Waverly Twp., who takes office Tuesday, plans an in-house investigation to determine why it took state prosecutors nearly three years to charge Mr. Sandusky. She made the pace of the Sandusky probe handled through a state grand jury a major issue in her successful campaign in the fall…   (more)

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