Convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky continues to appeal for new trial
CENTRE COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky is still fighting for a new court hearing.
Sandusky's latest appeal to the state Superior Court is in response to a ruling made last summer in his case, a ruling that basically sides with prosecutors, the attorney general’s office, in denying Sandusky a new hearing.
Sandusky's attorneys say evidence that came to light after his conviction points to his accusers being coached by therapists and attorneys to claim they were abused in what’s termed “repressed memory.”
Many of those accusers, when initially contacted by police, reportedly denied any abuse by Sandusky.
His attorneys want a new hearing on the validity of repressed memory and say his original trial jury should have heard more testimony about repressed memory.
In the ruling last year, the new evidence was termed "scattershot" by the presiding judge and a variation on themes that have already been presented in court.
Sandusky's attorneys are also continuing to fight his court ordered restitution, which was originally close to $98,000, and was then lowered a decade after his trial to about $44,000.
There is no word on how soon the state superior court could make a ruling on Sandusky’s latest appeal.
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