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December 14, 2011

Sandusky Waives Hearing, Heads to Trial 
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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 of trying to accuse these
boys of not being honest would have been completely shattered. Frankly,
it should have been shattered long ago. But for those who might want to
think there might be some semblance, some little crack of credibility,
that would have been lost altogether."



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