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

joe amendola was on the courthouse steps retrying his case.is 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. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] its lightweight construction makes it nimble... ♪ its road gripping performance makes it a cadillac. introducing the all-new cadillac xts. available with advanced haldex all-wheel drive. [ engine revving ] it's bringing the future forward. mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&t created a mobile asset solution to protect and track everything. so ev

. >> 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

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

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

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

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

. >> 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

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

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

sound from the attorney general for the state of pennsylvania, linda kelly and defense attorney joe amendolahere's more of their reaction. >> and as reflected by this verdict that we've all just heard, a jury of 12 people here in bellefonte, pa, most definitely would and did believe a kid. >> the sandusky family is very disappointed obviously by the verdict of the jury, but we respect their verdict. >> reporter: amendola went 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? >> no

. >> sir, the sandusky defense attorney joe amendola really pressed victim one. inconsistencies in his grand jury testimony. how did he handle that? >> honestly, anderson, he broke down at one point. and looked directly at the prosecutor and asked him for help. he said, please make him stop asking me the same question. you know, it was interesting, because during cross examination, joe amendola was harping on the fact his story had changed slightly. accuser number one said on the stand -- he was quite honest, i thought, with jurors. he said, look, i testified three times before a grand jury. i told my story to multiple police officers. every time, it was someone new. i didn't feel comfortable with someone new. and so i was embarrassed and i was holding back. he said, but i'm here today telling the truth. joe amendola kept coming back at him and coming back at him with the same question. he just broke down at one point. he's 18 years old. and he looked at the prosecutor. he got no help. he gathered himself. and he answered the question one more time. then they mov

my reaction -- >> yeah, your reaction to joe amendola. >> go ahead. has been colorful throughout this whole thing. before he was gagged. it sounded to who knew something about something. he obviously knows what the jury wanted read back. i'm questioning whether there have been questions that the jury has been asking which have been fielded in this back and forth. i don't know. but it sounds to me like endola knows something about something. >> thomas, what about your client, victim number five, as he is known, who had testified about being sexually assaulted by jerry sandusky in the showers at penn state university? where is he? where is he awaiting this verdict? >> he's awaiting the verdict at home. he's had an enormously supportive family, a wonderful girlfriend, a lot of friends who have put him through this whole ordeal. i think he is an exam particular of the other young men. he and i text regularly. the last that he and i went back and forth, he told me this has been really painful for him, really painful. >> has he wanted to or taken the opport

joe amendola admits to showering with young boys, but said that was simply part of the football culture, not a crime. he pointed out at least six of the accusers have their own civil attorneys and a financial interest in the outcome of this day defense attorney joe amendola says sandusky loves kids so much, he does things that most of us would never dream of doing. >>> commerce secretary john bryson was charged with felony hit-and-return after two accidents that may have been caused by a seizure he suffered in california. he caused the accident saturday evening, was found unconscious and hospitalized overnight for observation. police say drugs or alcohol were not factors in either accident. bryson is back in washington now. he is 68 years old. >>> lawmakers say holder has not produced all the documents they subpoenaed in their investigation. >>> into the fast and furious investigation. however, many of the guns were never traced and some were found at the scene of violent crimes. in december of 2010, arizona border agent brian terry was shot and killed with a gun linked to the "fast & f

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>> well, joe amendola did a credible job with the material that he had. he tried to suggest this was all a conspiracy of plaintiff's lawyers and overzealous prosecutors who had planned these stories with the victims who were out for money through civil suits. the one strongest argument he had was that there was not, as he put it, not one piece of physical evidence to support the charges. and that was true. they had also, the defense has also tried to argue that these charges were vague, that the -- that the sexual assaults, we don't have to say alleged sexual assaults anymore. but clearly the totality of the evidence, the fact that you had eight witnesses in this case give these compelling stories, and in addition, it is interesting to note that you had the two other counts, one revolving around the shower incident with mike mcqueary. in that case, that was one of the not guilty verdicts because it related not to the shower incident itself, the not guilty verdict said that there was no sexual -- the charge there related to sexual penetration. mike mcquear

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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

that joe amendola rose to the occasion and we presented key evidence and that is part of the reason we got the acquittals we did. in the 20 some our deliberation. freezing of few eyebrows, his conduct over the last couple of days. he has been taking a strangely frivolous view of what has been going on here clapping, joking, cracking jokes, saying today he would have a heart attack at his client was acquitted care what was all that about? >> you have to understand he has worked tirelessly, the man has worked 17-hour days and dinner brought in to him at his home. i have seen the work he has done. he is one of the guys that has battered all the tapes, one of the persons that found a silver bullet, so to speak, that we thought the ad that showed the police misconduct. if he appears frivolous on the surface, he has worked this case harder than any attorney i have ever seen. >> is your intention not to appeal? >> we will appeal. we have several technical legal issues, one of which involves an accuser in a and they here say a statement, it invokes a confrontation issue. the judge ruled agains

>> reporter: well, you know, at one point jerry sandusky by joe amendola was described as being a big kid. i think some would say we saw a little part of that in court today. he likes to joke around. at one point during the jury proceeding he basically said, quote, what did you guys do to deserve me? he turned around and said that to two of the jury pool reporters there. then he said to two of the reporters, quote, how did you guys get stuck with this? so a little bit of joking there, but i should point out as he left the courthouse today when people were shouting out questions to him, he said absolutely nothing. he got in his car with joe amendola and drove away. >> we'll continue to cover this throughout the course of the trial. let's check in with isha. >> a major raid in puerto rico. they arrested dozens of drug traffickers. the dea is targeting two smuggling rings. one involves corrupt airline employees allegedly. the other is a gang 123450eking drugs through the airport to the u.s. >>> russia and china are speaking out. they're criticizing those on the u.n. security council for

at the end of the defense opening statement, joe amendola talked and raised questions about why wasn'tandusky arrested in '08? why wasn't he arrested in '09, 2010, et cetera? i thought he was weaving together a political argument and pointing a finger without ever naming the current governor, the then-attorney general of pennsylvania s that how you interpreted that portion of the opening statement? >> yes, that's exactly what it sounds like. and i believe what the defense attorney is trying to do is to say to the jurors, don't look at what sandusky did. don't look at the facts against sandusky. we want you to look over here. we want to give you an extraneous argument so we're taking your attention off of all the facts and all the evidence that goes to the guilt of mr. sandusky. so what they're trying to do is they're trying to create almost a sideshow. and that sometimes happens in criminal cases. it sounds like that's what they're going for here. >> the testimony of one of the ten i ledged victims is now concluded. me hut on his direct testimony and has become examined. kathleen kane,

one of the oddest moments came from joe amendola, comparing the trial to a soap opera. >> it's like " children." >> that went viral. people called him insensitive. amendola said he has not revealed the accusers' identities. a psychologist testified that he has histrionic personality disorder, which causes people to act inappropriately when not the center of attention. then the defense laid out what is their strongest move, presenting jurors with a recording which they say shows investigators leading an accuser. the final witness testifying, i felt like they kept asking me to say something that wasn't true. >> jason carroll joins me now. do we know why sandusky didn't testify today? >> reporter: well, that's a good question, anderson. i can tell you this, a source close to the case that i spoke to late yesterday afternoon and late last night tells me the, the idea of testifying or not testifying was still very much in play, still under discussion up until late last night. i'm also told that the final decision came down to two people -- joe amendola and jerry sandus sandusky. you have t

. >> joe amendola, the defense attorney for jerry sandusky.ust to clean up a few things there, first of all, the crowd that was heckling him when he started going off a tangent when there are innocent people in jail when it's obvious here the preponderance of evidence that jerry sandusky is a predatory pedophile, we can almost 100% guarantee that it wasn't the media heckling him. there are a number of bystanders gathering as a spectacle. secondly, a bombshell here from this defense attorney. we found out, we knew today that matt sandusky was prepared to testify against his father, and apparently they were going to put jerry sandusky on the stand and that would have been one dramatic point in time in this courtroom, if a father faced off against his own son, against the backdrop of facing 48 counts of child molestation, and then a father, father's word against his son's word in a case like this. dramatic as well. and, you know, obviously you can see jerry sandusky being taken into custody. and just a last point here, i thought it was interestin

during an impassioned closing argument, defense attorney joe amendola reck recollected how the defense statements changed. i will tell you if he did it, he should rot in jail for the rest of his life. but what if he didn't do it. the lead prosecutor then got his turn. ending his argument with a flourish. recalling the ten alleged victims, eight of whom testified in the past two weeks. look at the evidence, he said, stand right behind sandusky. you can't give them back his souls. he knows he did it. give them justice. and give him the justice he deserves. find him guilty. late thursday night, jurors asked to review the testimony of mike mcqueary and mcqueary's neighbor, who he told he thought he saw jerry sandusky abusing a young boy in a locker room shower. they will address the issue later this morning. in bellefonte, pennsylvania, t.j. winick. john and paula, back to you. >>> the tension mounting at the supreme court over health care reform overhaul expected next week. john boehner sent a memo to party members telling them not to gloat if they throw it out. >>> president obama called

week he screamed for help when sandusky raped him in his basement but when the defense attorney joe amendola asked dottie if she ever heard anyone ask for help, she said no. tuesday was the first time she spoke publicly about her husband's alleged crimes. manuel gallegus, cbs news, bellefonte, pennsylvania. >>> prince george's county council woman karen toles is due in court today. she's accused of reckless driving. in february she was caught driving nearly 100 miles an hour on the beltway. a judge could revoke toles' license at this hearing this afternoon. >>> streets have reopened after a police barricade shut down several blocks in southeast washington. police say a suspected gunman was hiding in a home when the 17 -- in the 1700 block of 17th street southwest. actually it was 17th street southeast. the gunman allegedly shot and killed another man in the same neighborhood around 2:00 this morning. the suspect is in custody but the suspect so far has not been charged. >>> a rocket full of the united states secrets was launched this morning from cape canaveral air force station. the unmanne