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Sandusky Waives Hearing, Heads to Trial

HeadlineDec 14, 2011

Former Penn State football coach and accused child molester Jerry Sandusky appeared in court on Tuesday to waive a preliminary hearing in his ongoing sex abuse case. Sandusky faces 52 criminal counts for the alleged abuse of 10 boys. An attorney for one of the alleged victims said Sandusky was trying to avoid facing his accusers.

Howard Janet: “He doesn’t want to give these boys an opportunity to be heard directly, because his continued effort to try and accuse these boys of not being honest would have been completely shattered. Frankly, should have been shattered long ago. But for those who might want to think that maybe there is some semblance, some little crack of credibility, that would have been lost altogether.”

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