Jerry Sandusky attorney: More time would not have changed strategy
BELLEFONTE Joe Amendola, the lawyer representing Jerry Sandusky, had a mission in the months leading up to the trial get the prosecutors in the case to turn over as much information in their case as possible in the hope of raising doubt about the victims accusations............
As it turns out, Amendola testified Thursday during a court hearing for Sandusky, many of the documents the attorney labored to get were irrelevant to the trial he tried to have delayed multiple times on the grounds he needed more time to prepare a defense.............
But when pressed by prosecutor Joseph E. McGettigan III on cross-examination if any of the discovery materials he has since read would have changed the defense strategy, Amendola said no.
Many were irrelevant, Amendola said..........
Dottie Sandusky, who is allowed only one visit a month to see her husband, sat in the front row at the hearing. After it was over, Jerry Sandusky blew her and other family members a kiss, saying Love you all before he was escorted out.............
After the hearing, Fina said his last day in the Attorney Generals Office will be Jan. 18. McGettigan said he is not sure if he will stay at his post.
McGettigan also praised Fina on Thursday for recognizing Sandusky as a possible pedophile after the report from the young man from Clinton County in 2008 and using the grand jury to investigate. Fina said convicting Sandusky on what would have been a misdemeanor count would have been difficult, and losing the case likely would have scared off Sanduskys victims.
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