The Pennsylvania Superior Court has vacated the sentence of convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky and ordered a new hearing for the former Penn State assistant football coach under new U.S. Supreme Court standards for mandatory minimum sentencing schemes.

A three-judge Superior Court panel unanimously vacated his sentence Tuesday, finding it went against Supreme Court precedent. Sandusky, who was convicted in 2012 on 45 of 48 counts for sexually abusing numerous children, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.

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