Sandusky plans to speak at hearing

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in handcuffs after a jury found him guilty in his sex abuse trial on Friday, June 22. Sandusky is escorted in handuffs to a police car at the Centre County Courthouse under the glare of TV lights. The jury found Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts. Defense attorney Joe Amendola talks to the media after the trial. Dottie Sandusky, who has been married to Sandusky for 46 years, walks with her husband while jurors deliberate. She testified that she did not witness any sexual abuse. Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky's six adopted children, said Thursday through his attorney that he also was sexually abused and was prepared to testify. Shadows of the media are seen outside the courthouse during the second day of deliberations. Jurors took 21 hours over two days to convict Sandusky on 45 of 48 charges against him. Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola arrives at the courthouse Friday. After the conviction, Amendola announced plans to appeal despite the mountain of convictions against his client. Judge John Cleland walks into the courthouse. Once the jury reached its decision, he revoked Sandusky's bail and ordered his arrest. Prosecutor Joseph E. McGettigan III, second from left, and the rest of his prosecution team arrive at the courthouse Friday. A crowd gathers outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to await the Sandusky verdict. Sandusky faces the cameras as he is led to a sheriff's vehicle in handcuffs after the reading of the verdict. Sandusky is put into a police car. Sandusky was booked into the Centre County Correctional Facility. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sandusky could face life in prison after conviction on 45 counts of child sex abuse His attorney said he has been working on a statement in prison The scandal led to the firing of Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno (CNN) -- The attorney for Jerry Sandusky says the former Penn State assistant football coach plans to assert his innocence during a sentencing hearing in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday. Sandusky, 68, could face up to life in prison after he was convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse. The podium stand outside of Jerry Sandusky's trial on its first day is covered in mics, hinting at the massive media coverage of the event. Several news vans pile up outside of the Sandusky trial. The network satellite vans are all parked in front of the Centre County Courthouse and the vans parked in back are live trucks from the regional news outlets. Every day Sandusky arrived in the passenger seat of his attorney Joe Amendola's black BMW SUV. This sign posted on a road near the town of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, shows support for former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno. Mic cords abound as the media took over the courthouse lawn to cover the Jerry Sandusky trial. The grave of Joe Paterno is at Spring Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in State College, Pennsylvania. Reporters wait with microphones outside of the Sandusky trial. Several photographers and videographers staked out spots behind the police's green barriers in the back of the courthouse where Sandusky's trial was taking place. Live vans from regional news outlets fill the lot behind the Centre County Courthouse where the Sandusky trial is taking place. Judge John M. Cleland is presiding over Sandusky's trial at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania A business advertises Joe Paterno items within view of the courthouse where assistant coach Sandusky is on trial. The gate to the practice football field is locked at the Mildred and Louis Lasch Football Building at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania Mics and cameras surround the podium ouside the courthouse where Jerry Sandusky is on trial. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Photos: Sandusky trial coverage Attorney Joe Amendola said Monday his client has been working on a statement that he plans to read in court. In June, jurors found that the former defensive coordinator had used his access to university facilities to sexually abuse 10 boys over a 15-year period. The scandal led to the firing of legendary head football coach Joe Paterno and the ouster of the university's longtime president Graham Spanier.