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Jerry Sandusky trial: Alleged victims testimonies have a cumulative power
BELLEFONTE A legal expert sitting in on the Jerry Sandusky trial said the challenges for the former Penn State coachs defense team are growing as each witness takes the stand.
If this were just a he said, he said this would be a much harder case for the prosecution to bring, said Wesley Oliver, a professor at Widener University Law School.
But each victims testimony has very interesting consistencies, he said. The big parts are all different, and the little parts are all the same.........
Every one of these witnesses says it starts with touching of the leg, Oliver said. Three of four said an early scene occurs in water........
I believe there is a cumulative power in what weve seen, Kline said. Its all come together as a web here............
The witnesses seem to be able to handle the pressures of being in the courtroom, Gleason said. For the most part, theyve been unflappable.
State College attorney Matt McClenahen called the alleged victims testimony an onslaught against the defense.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/06/...#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop#storylink=cpy
BELLEFONTE A legal expert sitting in on the Jerry Sandusky trial said the challenges for the former Penn State coachs defense team are growing as each witness takes the stand.
If this were just a he said, he said this would be a much harder case for the prosecution to bring, said Wesley Oliver, a professor at Widener University Law School.
But each victims testimony has very interesting consistencies, he said. The big parts are all different, and the little parts are all the same.........
Every one of these witnesses says it starts with touching of the leg, Oliver said. Three of four said an early scene occurs in water........
I believe there is a cumulative power in what weve seen, Kline said. Its all come together as a web here............
The witnesses seem to be able to handle the pressures of being in the courtroom, Gleason said. For the most part, theyve been unflappable.
State College attorney Matt McClenahen called the alleged victims testimony an onslaught against the defense.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/06/...#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop#storylink=cpy