Sandusky Prosecutor, Penn State Counsel Disciplined

The lead prosecutor on the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case will be suspended from the practice of law, and an attorney for Penn State publicly sanctioned, for violating the attorney-client privilege during the proceedings, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Frank Fina, a former state deputy attorney general, will have his license pulled for one year and one day, while Cynthia A. Baldwin, who represented Penn State and three of its administrators during grand jury proceedings, will be reprimanded.

The actions stem from the prosecutor’s subpoena of Baldwin to appear before the grand jury and Fina’s questioning of her, which ...