Ex-Coach Sandusky Should Get New Trial, Lawyer Argues
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Jerry Sandusky, the ex-Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for abusing boys, deserves a second trial because his first was unfair, his lawyer argued today.
Sandusky’s trial attorneys were given inadequate time to prepare their case and the judge didn’t tell the jury to weigh whether the years that passed before the crimes were reported compromised the victims’ credibility, attorney Norris Gelman told the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.