joe amendola was on the courthouse steps retrying his case.ase was largely this was a conspiracy among the prosecutors, the police, the trial lawyers and the media, all of whom conspired to get this man. that's not the case at all. the fact of the matter is that this man was guilty the record from what i see is clean and i would expect that he now spends the rest of his life in jail. >> tom kline, i appreciate you being on tonight and our best to your client and his family. we're going to take a quick break, we'll continue to be live to the top of the hour. more just ahead. and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chr

joe amendola did not have a lot to work with. we sometimes criticize defense attorneys for not coming up with a smoking gun of innocence without recognizing something that's just not is there. >> 45 guilty, three not guilty. that's the word i'm just getting right now. 25 felonies. 14 first-degree felonies. 400-how many? 442 years would be the maximum sentence. let's listen to the crowd reaction. again, jerry sandusky declared by a jury of his peers guilty on 45 of 48 counts related to the sexual abuse of a number of children, eight victims who have testified, allegations of abuse over the course of 15 years. 25 felony counts, 14 first-degree felonies. maximum time in jail, 442 years. jeff, what do you make of it? >> he's going to die in prison, where he should die. this is an evil, evil man. and he was -- penn state will suffer for many many years asking why he was not caught sooner. and i think the evil inside this man probably we'll never understand. but maybe we can learn something about how big, powerful institutions deal wit

joe amendola was on the courthouse steps retrying his case.was largely this was a conspiracy among the prosecutors, the police, the trial lawyers and the media, all of whom conspired to get this man. that's not the case at all. the fact of the matter is that this man was guilty the record from what i see is clean and i would expect that he now spends the rest of his life in jail. >> tom kline, i appreciate you being on tonight and our best to your client and his family. we're going to take a quick break, we'll continue to be live to the top of the hour. more just ahead. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums nothing works faster. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywh

one man still determined to try to stop that is defense lawyer joe amendola.ek he said he would be shocked if his client was convicted. tonight he's thinking about an appeal. why? >> we had a lot of material that we didn't have sufficient time to review prior to start of the trial. and actually, until we go through those materials again and until we have an opportunity to talk with one of our experts who was unable to testify in this case, we really won't know what issues are involved in those particular matters. >> can you give us any sense of what jerry sandusky said to you, his demeanor as he left? >> he was resolved in this case. this is not a surprise. the surprise would have been that jerry sandusky would have been acquitted of all or most of the charges filed against him. we said from the very beginning that there was a tidal wave of opinion on november 5 of last year when he was first charged that he was guilty. that was from the public among the media. and we were fighting that concept of guilt from first day of the charges being filed against him. i

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amendola also asked why he didn't forcefully shun sandusky earlier. the man expressed remorse, saying he feels responsible for what happened to other victims because he did not speak out back then. manuel gallegus, cbs news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. >> during the proceedings, amendola suggested sandusky could take the stand in his own defense. if convicted, the former coach could spend the rest of his life in jail. >>> police in alabama have left the home where they thought the man who shot three people near auburn university was hiding. they surrounded the house in montgomery monday night. they believed desmonte leonard was hiding there. he's accused of killing three people and injuring others at a pool party on sunday. >>> john bryson will take a leave of absence. he has undergone tests after a car accident in the l.a. area. bryson hit two cars and was found unconscious behind the wheel. he suffered a seizure, but it's unclear whether he was stricken before or after the accident. bryson says he had limited recall of the event, but he could be charg

the. >> i've been covering amendola. i was not surprised at all.tty, very charming. we saw this from him in his interactions in the courtroom. with witnesses, with jurors. this is kind of just his personality. that he would say something like this off the cuff. i know it's a shocking thing. sounds like a shocking thing to say. but he can't resist. he walks into court every day. he can't resist saying something. we heard a couple days ago he compared a trial to a soap opera and mentioned the soap opera "all my children," which is something people talked about all day long. he says things like this. i think -- maybe he thinks it's funny, i don't know. this is kind of his personality. >> where do you think they are in terms of a verdict? do you expect something to happen tonight? you can get a little bit of a sense based on what they're asking about what victim and about what count as to how far down the charge sheet they are, right? >> right. we know they have been going through some of the -- the two cases where there are witnesses. and no alleged v

. >> it's amendola's. it's amendola's. just go straight back. >> watch this car. go straight back. >> guys? >> good. >> you are looking at a live shot of jerry sandusky in the police car following the verdict tonight. he is guilty on 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse. when he came out of the back of the courthouse, people were yelling to him saying, what about the victims? what do you have to say to the victims? and ron allen, i don't know if you have a monitor there or not in front of you, but it seemed to me that jerry sandusky was somewhat stunned and had a look of bewilderment as he came outside the back of the courthouse tonight. that may be the last we see of jerry sandusky, a live picture, for a long time. >> catherine -- >> what i understand. >> go ahead, ron. >> in the court he -- from what i understand from people who were in the courtroom, when the verdict was finished he looked at his family with a very blank look, looked away, turned his head down and walked off with expressionless is how it was described to me. so yes, i can't believe he was but

. >> defense attorney joe amendola said earlier today that he would die of a heart attack if his client jerry sandusky were to be found innocent. that of course did not happen. but am men dendola explained why sandusky did not take the stand in his own defense. and a lot of it had to do with his stepson coming forward and saying that he, too, had been abused which he reported to reporters tonight, joe amendola, that that shocked the family members. what is your reaction to all of that? >> i was mixed. i certainly want to take him at the word, but when you go, and it is very dangerous to tell a jury in jury selection early on in the trial that you want to have the client to testify, because you don't want to set up that expectation, but there was devastating testimony that could have led to him not taking the stand and they knew that the prosecution had other cases in the wings and the son did not have to be the one who was a rebuttal witness, so there were pr probably a lot of things that led to the decision not to have him testify, but he is now sort of laying it off on the revelations

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but amendola really didn't nick him, asked him a few questions that seemed to indicate he might haveome blockbuster piece of information that could undermine the witness's credibility, but he didn't really have it. >> michael, you're reporting that more charges could be possible against penn state officials. the word humane pops up in some e-mails come you give us the cliff's note version of that? >> reporter: yeah, this is the -- this maybe the largest story in this case. prosecutors recently got hold of a cache of e-mails and documents from 2001, discussing that mike mcqueary allegation about having seen sandusky in the shower with a young boy. and you know, the officials, carly schultz and graham spanier, the former president testified they didn't view it as that serious they can viewed it as horsing around. in fact, these e-mails showed they took it very seriously, they debated whether they needed to report it to local authorities. and one e-mail exchange, the officials agreed it would be humane to sandusky not to report this allegation to local authorities. it never gets reporte

very disappointed obviously by the verdict of the jury, but we respect their verdict. >> reporter: amendolaent on for a while. he had made the best effort to try to create some doubt in the minds of the jurors during his closing arguments, but again 45 out of 48 charges, convictions, i don't think many people are surprised this happened. some people thought it would be all 48, there was no doubt in many people's minds that he was going to get a heavy sentence handed to him. >> ron allen, it was quite spell binding to watch. thank you. let's bring in our legal panel, former federal prosecutor jay fahey and johnna spillbore. >> either of you surprised by this verdict? >> not even a little bit. i'm surprised that they acquitted him on three of the 48 counts. >> how about you? >> not at all. the victims, a lot of them had issues, there was inconsistencies, but mcqueary sealed it i think. his testimony was very hard to dispute and i expected a guilty verdict. >> let's talk about jerry sandusky and his role in the trial. he did not testify and his attorney talked to reporters about that last nigh

look, amendola is doing his job. i don't begrudge him that. think about how horrible this testimony is. mike mcqueary, what's mike mckeary's incentive to lie here? he looks horrible. he's the one who didn't go to the police when he sees jerry is raping this kid. why would he lie about that? yes, it's possible one witness could have a financial motive as the defense has raised. yes, it's possible someone could have told inconsistent stories. but when you have so many witnesses, it just seems overwhelming. >> what did mcqueary say on the stand today? >> reporter: mike mcqueary has basically been saying a lot of what we've been hearing all along. basically, he said he went into that locker room during that alleged incident. heard rhythmic sort of slapping sounds. skin on skin sound. went into the locker area. turned around, looked through a mirror. in his reflection he says he allegedly saw jerry sandusky embracing a young boy. the young boy with his hands up against the wall. at one point that really seemed to grab the jurors' attention. when pr

amendola has been nothing but a showman.ard of a lawyer who basically acquitted his own client by handing him the phone. which is what he did by bob costas. costas as a matter of fact thought he would only talk to amendola. i know this for a fact. amendola said, hey, do you want to talk to jerry sandusky? that's the kind of lawyer he is. he calls it "all my children." he thinks he's funny. the only testimony they had was really his wife. and what do you expect his wife to say? and she corroborates that she's in the basement. he's doing this. he's doing that. the man is a predator. my concern is that when he is found guilty, that all the cameras will go away and the root problem, which is the culture of football at penn state, and how it ruled that university, nothing will be done. >> that is a serious concern. i think also the nature of the hero worship which went to somebody like joe paterno who clearly was involved in covering this up. i think also is a lasting stain on the reputation down there. let's go now to lisa. she'

joe amendola said the case was like climbing mt. everest. >> the jury obviously believed the commonwealth's evidence, the comm commonwealth's verdict. i have been asked is that a surprise? and no it was the expected outcome because of the overcoming amount of evidence against jerry sandusky. >>> here's a live look outside of the center county courthouse in bell font, pennsylvania. a crowd of citizens out here vastly outnumbering the media. a huge throng of media that came for the much-anticipated verdict. jerry sandusky former assistant football coach at penn state university is now a convicted child molester. he could face at his sentencing a minimum of 60 years a maximum of 442 years. his attorney says he does expect jerry sandusky to spend the rest of his life behind bars. there's a footnote here. at the end of this trial, the bombshell revelation that matt sandusky, jerry sandusky's adopted son was ready to testify against him to say that he, too, had been abused. that leaves open the question of whether there will be more charg

amendola said and tried to draw the jury back to mr. sandusky and what he had allegedly done to the children. >> well, it will be interesting to see what happens here. i understand our time is pretty much up and whether that information about the character of jerry sandusky is going to be enough to overtime the prosecution, kevin johnson, thank you. >>> coming up on 9 news now a big change at the marine barracks at eighth and i street. we'll introduce you to the brand-new commander at the oldest active post in the u.s. marine corps. >> and it was the sight of the deadliest u.s. coal mine disaster in four decades. now the owners of the upper big branch mine take action to make sure no one else is ever hurt there again. >> but first republican presidential candidate mitt romney calls out the president for his new immigration policy. we'll be back. >>> moving to presidential politics and campaign 2012, republican mitt romney spent the day in orlando reaching out to latino voters. he spoke to an association that represents latino elected of

time and time again defense attorney joe amendola repeated the same questions. did you ever see any inappropriate conduct? each and every time, dottie sandusky simply answered, no. at one point during her 45 minutes on the witness stand, dottie sandusky said over about a 20-year period her husband would routinely go downstairs to tell young boys who had spent the night good night before bed. but nothing more. did you ever hear a young man yell for help, asked amendola, referring to one alleged victim's story of abuse? no, she answered. during cross-examination, lead prosecutor joseph mcgettigan put up eight pictures of the alleged victims on the screen. just as he had done during his opening argument. he then asked what reason would any of those people lie about anything? taking a long pause, dottie sandusky said, i don't know what it would be. armen keteyian, cbs news, new york. >>> overseas now this morning former egyptian president hosni mubarak is reportedly on life support, after his heart stopped and suffered a stroke. it was initially reported that mubara

but joe amendola rose to the occasion and we presented some key evidence. that's part of the reason we got the acquittals that we did. >> people have been raising eyebrows at joe amendola's conduct over the last couple of days. he seems to be taking a strangely frivolous view of what is going on, cracking jokes, saying today he would have a heart attack if his client was acquitted. what was that about? >> well, you know, you have to understand joe has worked tirelessly, and i mean the man has worked 17-hour days, dinner being brought to him at his home. i've seen the work he's done. he's vetted all the tapes, one of the persons that found the silver bullet that we thought we had that showed the police misconduct. so if he appears frivolous on the surface, he's worked this case harder than any attorney i've seen. >> is it your intention now to appeal? >> we will appeal. we have several issues. the judge ruled against us but acknowledged the law was tight in the area and it may be a novel argument. the danger for the government by going forward with victim ei

good to see you, as always. >> thank you. >> let's start with joe amendola. jerry sandusky was really -- couldn't have gotten much better defense, i guess you could say. but did this attorney make things even worse on top of it? >> well, you know, it was a little unusual to do a press conference in front of a crowd after a verdict like this. i mean, typically defense attorneys will say things like we're going to seek an appeal and, you know, ask the judge for, you know, work for our client at the sentencing and that sort of thing. so declaring the innocence isn't completely unusual, but the context was a little strange. >> is that just really -- i think in laymen's terms you hear they will appeal, is that essentially prolonging the inevitable? >> i think it's pretty clear that sandusky got a very fair trial here. there was an overwhelming amount of evidence. and i'm not aware of any prosecutorial misconduct. i think the likelihood of reversal in this case is pretty low. >> and what happens to jerry sandusky now? a serial child predator, who is famous, are the

. >> reporter: today joe amendola wasn't quite as chatty as tuesday. the defense called a family friend of the former graduate assistant who testified seeing jerry sandusky in the shower with a young boy. dr. jonathan dranoff said mike mckwooer never told him he saw sandusky engaged in sex with the boy in the locker room, but on cross-examination, he went into great detail about how upset and shaken mcqueary seemed by the enunt counter. the defense continued calling witnesses to testify to sandusky's character, including two men who said they stayed at sandusky's home as boys and never had anything unusual happen to them. both felt indebted to the guidance sandusky gave them. tuesday's testimony, joe amendola tripped up two police investigators and showed they might have shared information about other accusers with victim number four, possibly leading or directing his story. even if that revelation cast doubt on that accuser's story, former prosecutor wendy murphy doubts it will make much of a difference in the verdict. >> maybe he'll win a couple poin

everett to quote lead counsel amendola. >>> do you regret putting his wife on the stand? helpful. that jury was out 20-some hours. people say it was 48 counts, so they had a lot of deliberation. the short answer is they had a lot of deliberation, but the charges roll into one basically. if you're guilty on one, you're guilty of the following four. with that in mind, that was an awful lot of time for what most people thought was a pretty simple case. i think dotty was one of the keys to raising some doubt. >> what was behind the decision to keep jerry sandusky off the stand? >> well, that's complex. there was a lot of issues going on. we were able to show the police went off reporting, coached the witness what they thought was secretly, but didn't realize they forgot to turn the tape recorder off. they went back in the interview not knowing we would be able to see that. we thought that was powerful and led against him putting him on the stand e we also felt that the matt sandusky issue was a problem. once the government chose not to call matt in their case in chief, we the

and if you remember, back in november i actually spoke to joe amendola. that is his defense attorney. i want you to hear what he has to say back then about these gifts and letters. >> what we're saying is jerry cared about a lot of kids and there are hundreds of other kids who jerry took to events and to whom he provided gifts. what we're saying is that was jerry. >> reporter: and what obviously we're going to have to hear from, anderson, is the jury itself. jerry will have to make obviously the determination in terms of whether or not they believe and how they would interpret these letters that will eventually be introduced into evidence. >> jason, some of the alleged victims wanted to testify without being identified. the judge ruled that that wouldn't happen. why? >> reporter: well, you know, from judge cleveland's point of view, he basically felt he wanted this process to be as open and transparent as possible and didn't feel he could do that with these accusers concealing their identity. obviously this is a major disappointment to prosecution, some o

he's going to tell you later it was routine for individuals to take showers together, amendola said. he argued that sandusky isn't a pedophile. he suffers from an attention-seeking personality disorder. but in graphic afternoon testimony, alleged victim number four, the first state witness, said how sandusky repeatedly molested him, whether in the shower, or on a bed. later, his mentor would write him a letter that began, i know that i have made my share of mistakes. however, i hope i will be able to say that i cared. the now-68-year-old is charged with abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. in all, he faces 52 counts. the lead prosecutor promised that eight of sandusky's accusers would take the stand, to recall details of the alleged abuse, labeling sandusky a serial pedophile. while the former coach denies all of the charges, you can bet prosecutors will play parts of "the new york times" interview for the jury, the interview where he says -- >> if i say no, i'm not attracted to boys, that's not the truth because i'm attracted to young people. boys, girls. >> reporter: the defense

we've also learned that if the judge agrees to hear an appeal, attorney joe amendola would step aside as one of sandusky's attorneys and would testify for the defense. sandusky's other attorney told listeners on a radio program saturday that he and amendola had asked to withdraw from the case before jury selection saying they didn't feel adequately prepared to defend sandusky. the judge denied that request. under pennsylvania law, sandusky's attorneys cannot file an appeal until after sentencing. sandusky is scheduled to be sentenced in about three months. he was convicted friday night on 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 children over 15 years. >>> in the gulf of mexico tropical storm debby is heading toward panama city, florida. it is a huge storm with drenching rain. our meteorologist alexandra steele will join us in a few minutes with an updated forecast from the weather center. >>> cairo's tahrir square filled with partners tonight, not protesters. supporters of president-elect mohamed morsi are celebrating. he was declared the winner with 52% of the vote. he's an islamist and lon

amendola portrayed sandusky as the victim of a legal system that convicted him before his arrest.urors must now sort through 48 criminal counts. if convicted, the 68-year-old could spend the rest of his life in prison. in bellefonte, pennsylvania, manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> as we told you at the top of the hour sandusky's adopted son was prepared to testify for the prosecution saying sandusky abused him. >>> extreme heat grips maryland for a second straight day. take a look at the scene this afternoon at the maryland zoo in baltimore where employees are using giant water fans to try and stay cool. my kids used to love those. despite the heat, children in westminster, carroll county, are enjoying the rides at this park. at least the ride is in the shade. another hot day of work for these men in columbia, howard county. frequent breaks, lots of water a must. first warning weather coverage with meteorologist tim williams and bob turk with a closer look at the sultry conditions. >> we talked about maybe the record today. guess what. we just got to that record of 100 degr

time and time again the defense attorney joe amendola repeated the same question: "did you ever see any inappropriate conduct?" each and every time dottie sandusky simply answered: "no." at one point during her 45 minutes on the witness stand, dottie sandusky said over about a 20-year period her husband would routinely go downstairs to tell young boys who had spent the night good night before bed. but nothing more. did you ever hear a young man yell for help, asked joe amendola, referring to one alleged victim's story of abuse? no, she answered during cross- examination, lead prosecutor joseph put up eight pictures of the alleged victims on the screen. just as he had done during his opening argument. he then asked what reason would any of those people lie about anything? taking a long pause, dottie sandusky said, "i don't know what it would be." the defense will likely rest its case sometime tomorrow. its final witness is expected to be none other than jerry sandusky himself taking the stand, scott, in his own defense. >> pelley: the case could go to the jury this week. armen, thank you

. >> what do you make of defense conducty joe amendola's throughout the trial? >> i do not know what was more surprising. allowing his client to be interviewed. the most surprising might have been when he said yesterday when the jury was out -- he allowed he would have a heart attack if they came back not guilty. that is not something he should let anybody know. >> you were a former prosecutor. is it possible to create a defense for someone who faces of these types of allegations? >> this was a slow guilty plea. it is a difficult case to defend. the disorder might have helped to explain the letters come up but there was no getting away from the very powerful testimony from the witnesses and the stuff that he did on his own. >> all right. we appreciate your time and analysis. we want to encourage you to stay with 11 news for continuing coverage of the jerry sandusky verdict. we will be talking to the executive director of a child abuse center about the impact of the verdict. you can find more at wbaltv.com. >> some of the state's abortion clinics will be held to