BELLEFTONTE – WJACTV.com is reporting that the fate of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is now in the hands of a jury.
Sandusky is charged with 48 criminal counts alleging sexual assaults on 10 boys over a 15-year span.
The jury of seven women and five men will be sequestered during deliberations. If convicted on all counts, Sandusky could get 500 years in prison.
Of the charges, several are mandated felonies, which means the judge has no discretion in sentencing and the sentences are fixed. Most of the mandated felonies Sandusky is charged with carry a sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison. If he is convicted of just a few mandated felonies, the 68-year-old could spend the rest of his life in prison.
The defense rested its case on Wednesday in the high-profile child sex abuse trial without Sandusky taking the stand in his own defense. He has denied the allegations against him, and his attorney has suggested the accusers have financial motives.
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