he has defenses to them. and his intent has always been to go to trial. yesterday s decision to waive the preliminary hearing was a tactical one. the preliminary hearing, thomas s a probable cause hearing and it is not a trial. it is not a time and place where we present a defense. we can t even cross-examine commonwealth witnesses about the credibility issue, because it is a fundamental legal principle. all that can happen is that the commonwealth witnesses testify and had that happened yesterday, the media would have had the worst of the-examine those witnesses to the motives or testifying falsely or to credibility issues, so we looked at limited damage, and waive the hearing and get a concession, and of which we got an important one about the bail situation and get a commitment for the early discovery and continue to prepare for trial which is the goal in the case to get to trial and put on the best defense we can for jerry, and hope that we can create in the minds of 12
independent objective impartial jurors the reasonable doubt. as a seasoned attorney, you knew well ahead of yesterday s hearing that challenging the credibility of the victims was never going to be a possibility in that preliminary hearing, however, you continue to challenge the victims credibility in doing the media interviews like this one saying that most of them are trying to get together for a big payday. don t you feel that you are victimizing these victims in a process that is criminal and not civil and that you are bashing them for the fact that they are looking for a big payday. well, thomas, you have made a mistake that a lot of the media and other public members are making. they are not victims. these accusers are not victims until a judge and jury hears evidence in court at trial and then a jury finds that jerry sandusky finds him guilty of these charges. right now they are frap cli
accusations. he has maintained the innocence, and at the end of the trial, if the jury acquits him, he is the victim and he is victimized. so i take issue with the whole concept that we are victimizing people. jerry sandusky under our great legal system is presumed innocent until there a trial and a judge finds him guilty. until then, he is presumed innocent. all we are asking the media and the general public to do is to maintain an open mind and allow him to have a fair day in court to give his side of the case and for us have to have an opportunity to cross-examine the commonwealth witnesses who are accusers only and not victims, and to have a jury fairly decide jerry s guilt or innocence. a lot of people are going to be curious whether or not mr. sandusky takes the stand in his own defense. we have seen the nbc interview with bob costas which i understand that you volunteered sandusky for the interview and the interview with the new york
his words in front of the media, in front of the largest possible media rather than communicating that and making that decision the night before. it is his right to waive the trial, but the timing of it was suspect to say the least. attorneys for victim number four, jeffrey fritz, and ben andreozzi. thank you. you can check out my tweet page and i will give you the links to follow these stories. and could your teen be smoking fake pot. if you don t know what that is, the white house drug czar joins me next to discuss what is an alarming trend amongst the american teens. first a gentle balm. then the removal cream. effective together with less irritation and as gentle as a feather. new olay hair removal duo. a ouncer ] who fills their holidays with sawdust?
he cares about older people. he has always enjoyed helping them, and i think that he struggles, because he is baffled by the accusations that have been made by these young men who at the time of the incidents were young, young kids. but he is baffled by it. he is troubled by it. if you listen to jerry speak on a routine basis which we hope to get out to the general public and at trial is what you will learn about him, he ponders everything. when he is asked a question, he sits back and reflects and takes 30 seconds many times before he even starts to answer the question. so as the jn rgeneral public ane media gets used to him answering questions and involved in interviews as we proceed to trial, they will understand that is his mannerisms. as far as putting him out there to answer questions, the big thing we wanted to do, thomas, was to let the general public and the media know that he is saying that he is innocent. jerry sandusky has always maintained his innocence. that is the big me