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Convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is getting his pension back.
A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Friday that the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach has been due his benefits since the state withdrew them when he was sentenced to prison three years ago.
Sandusky, 71, received a one-time $148,000 payment when he retired in 1999, and monthly payments of $4,900 thereafter.
The board of the Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System halted the installments as soon as Sandusky was sentenced to up to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 kids.
The court decision partly hinged on its interpretation that Sandusky was not a Penn State employee when he committed the crimes between 2005 and 2008.
Although he had speaking engagements and received other perks from the school, Sandusky's legal team had argued that he was officially retired. A provision of the state Pension Forfeiture Act denies pension to school employees convicted of child sex crimes, but it didn't go into effect until 2004, several years after Sandusky had retired.
Sandusky was also awarded back interest.
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