Having just been handed down what has been called a virtual life sentence – 30 to 60 years for child sexual abuse - former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will be behind bars for many years.

But Pennsylvania lawmakers are using the publicity around Sandusky's saga to try to strip public officials and state employees of their pension benefits if they're felons.

According to the Pennsylvania Independent, despite Sandusky's multiple convictions, he won't lose his public pension, nor would a Pennsylvania teacher or a police officer who'd committed serious crimes.

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