Sandusky Trial continues: Defense on defense and early returns

Could the trial actually go to the jury by Thursday?

It's possible.

Judge John Cleland, who is presiding over the trial of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky told a crowded courtroom and jurors that defense attorney Joe Amendola may wrap up his part of case on Wednesday.

If that is the case, you could expect closing arguments and possibly the case to go to the jury by the end of the day Thursday.

It would be one of the quickest "High Profile" cases in recent memory.

Jerry Sandusky

The prosecution, who we thought had wrapped their case, had one more witness on the stand. That witness told jurors about her son who hid his underwear from her. He would throw it away rather than put it in the laundry because of the blood on it. Blood that she said her son told her came from sexual encounters with Sandusky.

Amendola trotted out three witnesses on Monday to testify on behalf of his client. The most noteworthy: Long time Penn State assistant Dick Anderson.

Anderson told jurors that it wasn't uncommon for coaches to be in showers with people of all ages and that he and others were present when Sandusky brought some of his "Guests" to clean off after a workout or practice. He also didn't believe the boys traveling on the road and staying in Sandusky's room was an issue.

He said nothing out of the ordinary occurred in his or other coaches presence.

Though we are reasonably certain if it had, one of them would have said something by now or at least been revealed as knowing about this. And that is part of the whole issue here. Some people knew...some people didn't. 

We aren't exactly sure who is next on the list for the defense. There's been a lot of speculation that Sandusky may be forced to take the stand to defend himself. The thought being the prosecution's case has been so overwhelming that a passionate defense of his own behavior may be the only thing that can save the former coach.

However, considering who badly almost every attempt at speaking out publicly about his case has gone, it's a very, very risky move. One that we'd be surprised at.

It's hard to believe that anyone, juror, judge or otherwise is going to bite at the defense's attempt to portray all the witnesses as "greedy and looking for fame".

Either way, the bottom line is that this could soon be wrapped up, in the hands of the jury. Nobody can ever predict what they will do, but just keep in mind, the quicker they come back, the more likely it is that they've agreed with appears to be an overwhelming amount of damaging testimony.

Here's your Day 6 wrap on a day that ended early because of "technical difficulties..."
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