Pa. AG says email recovering slowing Sandusky review

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor said today her office’s review of how the Jerry Sandusky criminal case was handled has gone slower than anticipated because of a time-consuming process to retrieve internal emails that were once thought to have been permanently deleted.

Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in a written statement that another factor has been a desire to offer people who will be discussed in the report a chance to respond.

“Due process and fairness require that certain individuals discussed in the report be afforded the opportunity to review and comment on those aspects of the report that pertain to them,” Kane wrote.

Kane launched the investigation a year ago, shortly after taking office as the state’s first elected Democratic attorney general. The investigation is being led by lawyer Geoffrey Moulton Jr.

Kane said her office also needs approval from a judge to release information that pertains to previously undisclosed grand jury matters.