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Jerry Sandusky trial: Jury begins deliberations
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Jurors in Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial listened again Friday to testimony from a key prosecution witness against the former Penn State assistant football coach, then went back behind closed doors for a second day of deliberations.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Sandusky won't testify, defense rests
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Jerry Sandusky did not take the stand on his sex abuse trial and the defense rested its case Wednesday.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Dottie Sandusky testifies
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Dottie Sandusky has stood by her husband, posting his bail, accompanying him to court proceedings and issuing a statement in December that proclaimed his innocence and said that accusers were making up their stories.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Former coach says he say nothing inappropriate
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A former Penn State assistant coach testified for the defense that he never saw anything inappropriate between Jerry Sandusky and the boys he showered with.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Case shows missed chances; cover-up suspected
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The Sandusky story, the way authorities have framed it, is one littered with missed chances to stop a rapist who preyed on children for years.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Judge allows Sandusky to put on disorder testimony
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Jerry Sandusky won a court ruling Friday that will let him have an expert testify about a psychiatric condition that his lawyer says helps explain letters he wrote to his accusers and other actions being construed as him grooming victims.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Last of 8 accusers testify about sex abuse
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One said Sandusky called himself the "tickle monster" before embracing him in a shower. Another said he was forced into sex acts during 100-150 nights he spent in the ex-coach's home.
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Jerry Sandusky trial begins: Opening statements in Penn State sex abuse case
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The man dubbed Victim 4 in court papers for the Jerry Sandusky trial left nothing to the imagination as he told the jury about the abuse he said he endured for five years beginning when he was a teenager in the late 1990s.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Jury selected
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Sandusky turned to two media representatives in the room and asked rhetorically, "What did you guys do to deserve me?" He chuckled before adding, "How did you guys get stuck with this?"
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Jury selection begins in Penn State scandal trial
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Jury selection in the Jerry Sandusky trial got started on Tuesday, and out of the 16 jurors and alternates needed to begin, three were seated as all eyes returned to State College.
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Jerry Sandusky trial: Pseudonyms not allowed for alleged victims
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Alleged victims of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will not be allowed to avoid disclosure of their names by testifying under pseudonyms during the trial of the former coach, which starts this week.
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Sandusky asks Pa. court for delay in sex case
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Jerry Sandusky's attorney filed a petition for review and application for a stay with the Superior Court on Thursday, five days before jury selection is scheduled to begin in Sandusky's child sexual abuse case.
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The Second Mile shutting down, transfering assets
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The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago said Friday it is seeking court approval to shut down and transfer its programs to a Texas-based youth ministry
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Joe Paterno fired for 'failure of leadership,' trustees say
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In a statement released Monday, the Penn State Board of Trustees said that Joe Paterno was fired for "failure of leadership" in the midst of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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AG: Ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky abused boys ages 8 to 17
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Prosecutors claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys ranging in age from 8 to 17, eight of whom were molested on the Penn State campus, according to a document with new details about the case filed Thursday.
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Jerry Sandusky can see grandkids, judge rules
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A judge ruled that former Penn State assistant coach can visit most of his grandchildren.
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Prosecutors: Sandusky home not safe for grandchildren visits
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A judge will decide soon whether to grant former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky greater freedom and visits from his young grandchildren. But prosecutors say Sandusky's home is not a safe place for children.
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Virginia's 'Joe Paterno' law passes House committee
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A proposed law places requirements on coaches, recreation specialists, youth volunteers and others to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement and other authorities.
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