Jury selection in the child sexual abuse case of Jerry Sandusky began this morning in the small Victorian town of Bellefonte. 220 prospective jurors descended on the Centre County Courthouse around 8:30 am.
While jury selection began in Bellefonte this morning, Penn State issued a statement explaing that it will not comment on specific details in the Jerry Sandusky trial.
The last few weeks have undoubtedly been busy with numerous legal filings and motions. However, the day is here. The Jerry Sandusky case begins.
At 8:30 AM, jury selection begins at Centre County Courthouse and with that, commences the trial of Jerry Sandusky.
In a last-ditch effort to delay his client's trial, Jerry Sandusky's co-counsel Karl Rominger has filed a petition to the Superior Court in Harrisburg to postpone the start date of his trial, which is set to begin June 11.
On Monday, attorneys for victims 3, 4, 5, and 7 filed motions at the Centre County Courthouse in the hopes of preventing their identities from being revealed at trial. The motions asked for the court to consider allowing the alleged victims to use a pseudonym when giving testimony, and cited several previous high-profile cases as precedence for this procedure.