Jerry Sandusky Can Pretty Much Do Whatever He Wants While He Awaits Trial

Deadspin ^ | February 13, 2012 | Dom Cosentino

[John W]

Centre County (Pa.) Judge John M. Cleland ruled this morning on a number of pretrial motions from Friday's hearing in the Jerry Sandusky case. And the big winner was Jerry Sandusky, whose trial can begin as early as May. From the Patriot-News of Harrisburg:

• Sandusky can see most of his grandchildren at home, provided a parent is present. He can also have contact with most of his grandchildren via computer. There is a custody battle involving three of his grandchildren, and whether Sandusky can contact those grandchildren is in the hands of another judge.

• Adult visitors may also come to Sandusky's home, though he must provide a list of 12 non-family members he intends to have over, and there are additional conditions.

• Sandusky can travel to help assist his defense team, though authorities must be given 36 hours' notice and a precise itinterary of his plans.

• Sandusky can go onto his back porch, from which he likes to throw biscuits to his dog. This despite neighbors' complaints that he had bee watching children from a nearby elementary school from there.

• Sandusky's request to have the transcripts of all grand jury witness testimony released was denied, but only because Cleland said the judge who had oversight of the grand jury could authorize that.

• The jury for Sandusky's upcoming trial will come from Centre County. Prosecutors had asked to have them come from somewhere else because, well, everyone in Centre County seems to have a connection to Penn State and The Second Mile, including some Centre County judges.

[cherry]

I don’t know about “famous”....I never heard of the guy before this...

[FamiliarFace]

“keep him inside the house because he can see a schoolyard three football fields away from the back porch”

Hey, just wanted to let you know that Sandusky’s back porch is only thirty (30) feet from the schoolyard playground, not 300 yards, as described in your post.