troubling questions. the case that finally brought down sandusky was first purported by a high school student. recused himself from handling the case due to a potential conflict. it was referred to the state attorney general s office. then headed by tom corbett who was at the time running for governor of pennsylvania. the ag s office was then pursuing bonus gate. that was an investigation of state municipal corruption and that took significant resources. there was only one investigator assigned to the a case the first year. it took that investigation a year to figure out that sandusky had been the subject of a 1998 probe for similar behavior. and it took a year to learn that sandusky had penned an oddly titled manuscript titled touched. a year? a google search of the name jerry sandusky would have revealed the book in seconds. this is significant. ultimately it was a road map for finding victims.
we have gotten that, in fact, some of them do not each other. and if there are phone records or other computer messages that could show the alleged victims were actually sharing stories, well, that could help the defense, sandusky, and hurt the prosecution. shepard: the trial judge made a couple of other rulings today. gregg: he did. the prosecution will not be forced to share with the defense the pre-trial research and potential of the jurors saying 20 has the same ability to do their own research as no disadvantage. i used to do mine, the prosecution used to do theirs. in surprise there. and reporters will not be allowed to send e-mails or other electronic communications from inside the courtroom. and, importantly, an hour ago the pennsylvania supreme court turned down sandusky s request to delay the trial, yet again, and that s not a big surprise, really, so, tomorrow, shep, it all begins.
and now, gregg jarrett, with this it is all out there starting tomorrow. gregg: it is. this will be no hiding behind anonymity as sometimes is the case in sex abuse trials. here the alleged victims will be named in open court and the key to proving the case against sandusky is this, when they take the stand, and they must, will they be believable. do they paint a picture that is credible with the jury. do they talk about details of what happened. the young men did not know each other. so, if they say the same story, say the same thing, give the same details, that will resonate with the jury. but the defense could try to portray them as liars motivated by money to be gained in future lawsuits and who may have excluded in colluded, a suggestion made by his attorney. some of them know each other and we know from the discovery
the grand jury he was not the first victim. he started the landslide that brought down sandusky, brought down head coach joe paterno, brought down penn state s president, the senior vice president for finance and business, and the school s athletic director. he s a brave kid, his mother says, but tonight he is afraid. afraid, she says, that people might find out who he is. afraid he might run into jerry sandusky, who is out on bail. afraid that sandusky might find might ultimately go free. but that s not all she s saying tonight. she s also describing to us the pressures she faced from people who tried to get her not to go to police. pressure from community members, from teachers she says, from people she trusted to put kids first and not defend jerry sandusky. you re going to hear more of her story in just a moment from her own mouth. also tonight, john walsh joins us from america s most wanted. first, though, the shifting account of this man, penn state s wide receivers
that s why he s called victim number one, though according to the grand jury he was not the fist victim. he started the landslide that brought down sandusky, joe paterno, penn state s president, senior vice president for business and the school s athletic director. his mother says he s brave, but tonight he s afraid that people might find out who he is, afraid he might run into jerry sandusky, who s out on bail, afraid he may ultimately go free. but that s not all she s saying tonight. she s also describing to us the pressure she faced from people who tried to get her not to go to police. pressure from community members, from teachers she says, from people she trusted to put kids first and not defend jerry sandusky. you ll hear more of her story in a moment from her own mouth. also tonight, john walsh joins us from america s most wanted . first, though, the shifting account of this man, penn state s wide receiver coach michael mcqueary, a grad assistant in 2002. that s whe