The outcome of Jerry Sandusky’s highly anticipated criminal trial, which is expected to take place sometime late next year, could very well hinge on a little known provision in Pennsylvania law.
The much-anticipated preliminary hearing for accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky, set to be the biggest thing to occur in the tiny central Pennsylvania town of Bellefonte, population 6,000, in quite some time, ended almost as quickly as it started.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office and the state police have lodged additional charges against Jerry Sandusky, the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach who stands accused of sexually abusing young boys over the period of a decade.
Senior Judge John M. Cleland, the trial judge appointed to handle matters related to the sex abuse case against former Penn State assistant football coach Gerald A. Sandusky, has issued a decorum order outlining the rules of conduct for the media and public during the preliminary hearing.
Expecting a large turnout given the strong public interest in the case, but working with a venue that’s rather limited in physical size, court officials in central Pennsylvania have decided to hold a “lottery” to award seats to those interested in attending the Jerry Sandusky preliminary hearing.
The man known only as “Victim 1” in the Jerry Sandusky grand jury presentment has retained two Philadelphia-area attorneys to represent him and his mother in connection with the Pennsylvania State University child sex-abuse scandal that has rocked both the commonwealth and nation.
All of the judges on the Centre County Common Pleas Court bench have recused themselves in the case involving a former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach accused of molesting a slew of underage boys.
A new judge has been assigned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to preside over the preliminary hearing of former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of sexually abusing children.
In the wake of the Pennsylvania State University child sex-abuse scandal, questions loom over whether or not the school, as a state-supported higher learning institution, can face civil litigation.
Questions surrounding the conduct of the judge who arraigned former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky - now an accused pedophile -are being raised over what is being characterized as a surprisingly low bail.
The Penn State molestation case involving allegations of child sexual abuse against a former assistant football coach has taken on various twists since the scandal first rocked the revered university.
The child sex-abuse scandal coming out of Pennsylvania State University has resulted in various criminal charges against the man who allegedly carried out the acts of pedophilia, and those who supposedly turned a blind eye to the years-long incidents of abuse.
