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Sandusky Feels Violated: Asks Judge to Dismiss All 52 Child Abuse Charges by Surajit Sen Sharma
A graduate student who saw a naked Sandusky performing anal intercourse on a 10-year old boy cannot be believed because the subject of Sandusky’s anal affections never came forward to identify himself. So, it’s all ‘hearsay evidence.’
03/23/12
queries because the prosecutors have no further information to provide than what has already been
A janitor who saw Sandusky
communicated to the accused.
pinning a young boy against the shower wall and performing oral sex upon him
Sandusky is accused of using his position as Penn
cannot be trusted by the court since the janitor is now
State coach to abuse 10 boys over a 15-year period.
suffering from dementia and ‘incompetent to testify.’
The child abuse scandal had thrown open the lockerroom action in college football and resulted in the
A mother who confronted Sandusky over showering,
dismissal of legendary coach Joe Paterno and University
soaping up and bear-hugging her 7-year old son from
President Graham Spanier.
behind is a charge with ‘insufficient evidence.’ The alleged victim has grown up and now serving in the
Sandusky, now 68, is under house arrest.
military stationed outside the U.S.A. The jury cannot subpoena him presently affecting Sandusky’s rights of
Sandusky’s lawyer has asked that the trial be delayed,
‘due process of law.’
if the petition for outright dismissal is not allowed. It is pertinent to mention that coach Paterno, who lost
In a 95-page petition to Centre County Court,
his job following accusations on Sandusky, has already
Sandusky’s lawyer Joe Amendola told the court that
died of old age. A delay in trial can greatly facilitate
“The Defendant submits his due process rights ... will
and increase the possibilities of Sandusky dying a
be violated if he is forced to proceed to trial ... because
natural death before having to do time for crime.
he cannot adequately prepare and present a defense to
Sandusky was recently allowed by the court to visit his
those charges due to the lack of specificity contained
grandchildren.
therein.” The case is Commonwealth of Pennsylvannia v Sandusky has repeatedly submitted applications to
Gerald Arthur Sandusky, Court of Common Pleas of
get more precise information about the charges on
Pennsylvania, no.CR-393-2011.
him. However Judge John Cleland had dismissed those
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