Cleland: Sandusky Trial Will Start Tuesday
Judge John Cleland has denied a request by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to delay the start of his child sex abuse trial, which is scheduled to start on Tuesday.
Cleland’s ruling this morning said that he, the defense and the prosecution met in the judge’s chambers yesterday to discuss the reasons the defense thinks the start of the trial should be delayed.
One of the defense arguments is that reviewing the significant amount of discovery material provided by the attorney general’s office is difficult. Cleland wrote that, “No doubt sorting the wheat from the chaff has been time consuming. … (H)owever, the defense team is assuredly capable, even as the trial is ongoing, of sorting through the material to determine what is useful to the defense and what is not.
Sandusky is charged with 52 counts involving 10 boys he allegedly abused over a 15-year period. He denies the allegations.
A hearing is being held this afternoon to hammer out last-minute details regarding the trial.
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Cleland’s ruling this morning said that he, the defense and the prosecution met in the judge’s chambers yesterday to discuss the reasons the defense thinks the start of the trial should be delayed.
One of the defense arguments is that reviewing the significant amount of discovery material provided by the attorney general’s office is difficult. Cleland wrote that, “No doubt sorting the wheat from the chaff has been time consuming. … (H)owever, the defense team is assuredly capable, even as the trial is ongoing, of sorting through the material to determine what is useful to the defense and what is not.
Sandusky is charged with 52 counts involving 10 boys he allegedly abused over a 15-year period. He denies the allegations.
A hearing is being held this afternoon to hammer out last-minute details regarding the trial.
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