. >>> pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly giving what could easily be termed as a lengthy speech outside of the courtroom in bellefonte, pennsylvania, referring to the convicted jerry sandusky tonight as a serial child predator. going through at length the trial, i found it very interesting that the pros ecuto almost shy, catherine cry yar, and did not want to say anything, and left it all up to the attorney general and how did they handle this? >> well, when you asked me what the prosecutor would do and not the politician, but the prosecutor did not want to. you don't want to make comments that might affect an appeal, and you don't want to seem, you know, gloating. you are representing the people. this is a serious matter. i was uncomfortable with the little bit of the self-congratulatory tone of her comments. she wasn't in office, and i'm not blaming her or the staff working on this, because they did a laudable job, but i kept thinking, where were these guys in '98 when nobody believed the kids? where were they in 2002 when nobody believed the kids and just like the defense att

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i want to play for you what attorney general linda kelly said tonight. she spoke shortly after the verdict. >> one of the recurring themes of the witness' testimony, which came from the voices of the victims themselves in this case was, who would believe a kid? and the answer is, we here in bellefon bellefonte, pennsylvania will believe a kid. >> this is jerry sandusky in prison, his booking photo. a man behind bars where he's likely to stay now for the rest of his life. i want to go to the attorney for victims number three and seven. what is your reaction of your client to jerry sandusky's conviction? >> i spoke with my clients as soon as i was able to leave the courtroom this evening after hearing the verdict. i described the scene to them, and truthfully, in many ways, there was an element of disbelief. extremely relieved. my clients both expressed a great deal of relief that this has finally kurd. one of them said, thank god he's in jail. another one said it's been a long time coming. so a great deal of relief and gratitude to this jury for hearing w

attorney general linda kelly oversaw the sandusky case. >> oh, i think that this investigation continues, i think that anyone that is associated with case that can tell you, that we have been developing information even after the grand jury presented. >> penn states the focus of multiple investigations into whether former top school officials covered up san dus kill's conduct and could have stopped him years ago. even among the jurors, there was concern. juror number five, josh harper. >> penn state didn't do the action. all right. but could they have prevented further victimses? sure. >> juror number 11, ann van kernen. >> i wish that something, that it had gone a step further. >> former athletic director and former vice president are facing perjury charges relating to what they knew about a 2001 shower incident involving sandusky and a young boy reported by former graduate assist and. kelly's office is reviewing e mails showing that graham spanier agreed that it would be "humane" to sandusky not to report the mcquery allegation to local authorities. they all deny any wrongdoing. if tho

who are innocent -- there have been people, lots of people -- >> pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly recalled how victims testified they never told of the abuse because they didn't think anyone would believe them. >> a jury of 12 people here in bellfont pa most dest natalie would and did believe a kid. >> reporter: one juror said in more than 17 hours of deliberations, disagreements were resolved quickly. >> once we laid it all out it made sense and we came to an agreement. >> reporter: he said that the defense came up short. >> they did a good job of putting seeds of doubt. but there wasn't reasonable doubt. >> sandusky was found not guilty of three charges. he was convicted of all other charges involving those victims. the defense said it will appeal because the judge denied it's time to prepare. to win that the defense must prove it's case was harmed. a successful appeal based on the judge allowing more time is very unlikely. >> reporter: defense lawyers reportedly felt so unprepared they tried to resign from the case the morning the jury selection began. but the judge ruled again

. >> to get some reaction from the prosecution side, linda kelly joins us now.the defense team essentially say that the victims in this case are all testifying, looking for a payday. and that this case was essentially rushed into court. your reaction to their possible intertanment of appeal? >> i think i can say that the defense in this given a lot of discovery material. they were made aware of all the charges in this case and what the commonwealth intended to present. so they had an opportunity to prepare this case. we don't believe it was rushed into court. the commonwealth was prepared to go forward. as you know, this was a very complex case involving a lot of different -- in these cases, the defense has to come up with something. and it's not unusual for them to accuse victims like this of lying, of engaging in conspiracies or doing something for financial gain. obviously the jury in this case didn't agree with the assessment of mr. amendola and were comfortable with the result here. >> i just wonder what your thoughts are after such a monumental verdict, gi

pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly. linda, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> you're very welcome. >> all right. now let's get a check on the rest of the top stories this morning from natalie morales. she's over at the news desk. good morning, natalie. >> good morning willie and ann, everyone. all eyes on the supreme court, president obama's landmark health care reform bill and arizona's immigration law could come down as early as this morning. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is at the supreme court with more. pete, good morning. >> reporter: two huge decisions natalie that could affect millions of people and presidential campaign. on the immigration law the court may strike down parts of it but let stand other parts that require police to check immigration status of anyone they detain. on health care case the question is the central requirement of the law that all americans buy insurance is unconstitutional. if it is, how much of the rest of the law can survive. we should have the answers to all

i'm attorney general linda kelly and joining me are members of the prosecution team and investigators on this case. some of whom who you probably recognize from their roles in the courtroom -- can you hear me? all right. and others who you may recognize from their behind the scenes work in this case. we have joseph here, frank and janel from the attorney generals who were the trial team in this case. major brett wagner from the state police. special agent tony and regional director randy feathers from our state college office. these men and woman, along with many other agents, troopers, investigators, attorneys and other staff of the attorney general's office and the pens veinia state police have worked tirelessly for the last few years to bring these charges to light, to bring this case to court and to see the day that this defendant, a serial child predator, who committed horrific acts upon his victim causing life-long and life-changing consequences for all of them has been held accountable for his crimes. and i'd like to thank each of the individuals that i just mentioned for the v

we have more sound from the attorney general for the state of pennsylvania, linda kelly and defense attorney joe amendola. here'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 a

the pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly just said that a serial child predator has been held accountable for his crimes. defense attorney joe amendola told the gathered crowd here, at times cheering and at times booing, that his defendant was going to spend the rest of his life behind bars but that was not much of a surprise. 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 be

pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly made clear for 10 young boys, justice had finally been served. >> this defendant, a serial child predator, who committed horrific acts upon his victims causing lifelong and life-changing consequences for all of them, has been held accountable for his crimes. >> reporter: the guilty verdict included 17 counts of the most serious charges-- involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and unlawful contact with minors. each count carries a maximum of 20 years in prison, plus 10 of endangering the welfare of a child, seven years max. and as kelly made clear in an interview with cbs news, penn state university was not without blame. >> it's hard to overlook the fact that penn state, the campus of penn state, the physical campus of penn state, was the area where some of these assaults took place. >> reporter: lead defense attorney conceded it was the tearful testimony of the victims plus the testimony of mike mcqueary that sealed his fate. >> too much of a mountain of evidence, aming when evidence with 10 separate kays. >> reporter: he told cbs news sandusky

she is linda kelly. she asked a very pointed question to the crowd. she said at the beginning of this case, some people asked who would believe young people against such a famous person as jerry sandusky? well, she said here in pennsylvania, brian, we do. >> tom fitzgerald tonight. let's bring in former prince georges county prosecutor glenn ivey. 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 es

(crowd booing and erupst) >> linda kelly, the pennsylvania attorney general is calling these men whotims of abuse. >> we have to continue to focus on children sexual abuse and shine a bright light in the stark, dark places where jerry sandusky larks. this is definity worth-places where jerry sandusky work---lurks...defense attorneys poked holes in the accusers' testimony, noting inconsistencies and challenging how the frequency and severity of the abuse evolved over time >> this could and in a mistrial. based on misconduct from the prosecution. >> the basis of this is that there was erroneous conduct in the opening statements she stated that she was going to put on a witness, her chief witness and he was going to lie. she told the jury that he was going to live. she questioned him. and sure enough, he lied. whether or not he molested lynch. and based on that he perjured himself this should have been stopped, dismissed and we should be on our way. >> this second day of testimony was started to begin however the judge sent fall member's home. >> mayor ed lee has kicked off the 'soda' f

pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly says there is an important lesson to learn from the trial. >> we have have to continue to focus once childhood sexual abuse and shine a bright light light in those dark, dark places where the jerry sanduskys of the world lurk. places which definitely exist in our society. >> reporter: the mother of one of the victims said, "nobody wins. we have all lost." and then she hug herd son. >>> sandusky's lawyers said today that they tried to to quit representing the former coach just before the trial was to begin. the teens told the judge they did not have enough time to get ready. the judge denied their motion and alleged lack of time to play into sandusky's appeal. he faces at least 60 years in prison. >>> we're in danville where it seems like the whole town has come out to celebrate the unveiling of a fallen hero memorial. we'll show you who they are honoring. >>> new video just into our newsroom of a tough rescue in the north bay. >> and nascar races into sonoma, but before the save- mart 350 a different race today that included a young bay area

shortly after the verdict was rendered, the state attorney general linda kelly stood on the steps ofourthouse, and lead prosecutor on the case, on the other side the head of the state police. linda kelly explained the significant answer and importance of successful prosecutions. >> one of recurrent themes of witnesses' testimony which came from the voices of the victims themselves in this case was who was it? the answer to that question, we here in were. >> it was same kids were essentially lying, fabricating stories, conspiring to file civil lawsuits to make a lot of money at the expense of jerry sandusky. at the end of the day the jury didn't believe it. defense attorney said the defense had a difficult task. listen. >> the jury obviously believed the commonwealth's evidence. believed their witnesses. that is clear from the verdict. i have been asked already inside, is that a surprise? no, it was the expected outcome because of the overwhelming amount of evidence against jerry sandusky. >> reporter: shortly after the verdict was read, penn state issued a statement essentially sayin

attorney general linda kellie on one side. lead prosecutor and the other head of the state police as she spoke to hundreds of people who cheered the verdict, listen. one of the recurring themes of the victim's testimony that came from the victims themselves who would believe a kid? the answer is we here in pennsylvania would believe a kid. now, the defense had maintained that those same kids, the accusers had conspire fabricated the story to file civil lawsuits. defense attorney also spoke and did concede that the prosecution had a strong case. listen again. >> the jury obviously believed the common wealth sevenwitnesses. that is clear from their verdict. i have been asked is that a surprise, no, it was expected outcome because of the over whelming amount of evidence against jerry sandusky. >> currently after the verdict was announced penn state issued a statement addressing the concerns of the victims and the possibility of civil lawsuits and the school and i quote. the university plans to invite victims to participate in a p

there were cheers from a crowd that had gathered here and really interesting comments from attorney linda kelly, whose office conducted a three-year investigation, which led to his conviction. and joe ammendola. the powerful message attorney kelly believes this verdict sends. here it is. >> we have to continue to focus on child sexual abuse and to shine a bright light in those dark, dark places where the jerry sanduskys of the world lurk. >> ised the analogy that we were attempting to climb mt. everest from the bottom of the mountain. well, obviously, we didn't make it. it was the expected outcome, because of the overwhelming amount of evidence against jerry sandusky. >> reporter: now, sandusky's sentencing is -- won't take place for another 90 days, but as you mentioned, lester, if you look at that verdict sheet and the sentences for all of those -- all those counts, it's almost certain that he's going to spend the rest of his life in jail. you add them up, they add up to well over 100 years in jail and a prosecution source told me last night we're going to ask for the maximum. and given the c

here e here's linda kelly after last night. >> this defendant, a serial child predator who committed horrific acts upon his victims causing lifelong and life-changing consequences to all of them has been held accountable for his crimes. >> his lawyer says sandusky plans to appeal. >> he was disapoimgted by the verdict, but obviously he has to live with it. >> also last night monsignor william lynn, a former cardinals aide in philadelphia was convicted of endangering children, becoming the first roman carolina coastline church official convicted of covering up sexual abuse by priests under his supervision. right now i want to bring in new york times column nift. l.j. williams, and co-host of the great syndicated radio show "this week in blackness." pulitzer prize jose. and comedian yacht michael ian black coauthor with meghan mccain of the soon-to-be pulitzer prize-winning "america, you sexy pitch:in love with freedom." i didn't read the standards. i just read what's on the prom ter. we'll find out soon in my ear or an e-mail whether that was pronounceable. let's talk about the news,

. >> listening to linda kelly, the pennsylvania attorney general. it is now 11 o'clock in the east coast. i want to bring you up to date on all of the breaking news this evening. former penn state assistance coach jerry sandusky, lead from a central pennsylvania courthouse in hand calves. these are the images we saw for the first time 20 minutes ago. joe amendola said he would be shocked if his client were acquitted of all charges. they convicted him on almost every one. 45 of the 48 counts he was charged with. sent tensing will come sometime in the next 90 days. this man will likely die in prison, sentencing will be within 90 days. we have a number of legal analysts who are joining us, mark geragos, jeff toobin, sunny hostin, marcia clark, susan candiotti, but there you see jerry sandusky about to be taken off to local jail where the rest of his life, as we said, his new life has begun, his new life in confinement. momentarily we expect to speak to an attorney for at least one of the victims who testified in this trial. there were ten alleged victi

. >> listening to linda kelly, the pennsylvania attorney general, making comments on the courthouse steps east coast of the united states. want to bring you up to date on all the breaking news this evening. former penn state coach jerry sandusky led from a courthouse in handcuffs. these the images we saw for the first time about 20 or so minutes ago. their lead defense attorney said he would be shocked if jerry is acquitted on all charges. he said that earlier today. in fact, they convicted him on 45 of the 48 counts he was charged with. sentencing could come any time in the next 90 days. now, if the verdict stands,

scars-- >> you've been listening in to the special prosecutor there in the case, attorney general linda kellytalking a little bit about the prosecution's case and the amount of time it took to get together all the evidence, as we heard an overwhelming amount of evidence, even for the defense team in putting jerry sandusky behind bars tonight and he faces life in prison. we'll stay on top of this story for you. . >>> to our other big story locally, the weather. the storms that have come through, we've heard of damage-- >> bladensburg and prince georges county, lot of damage. buildings damaged, one house destroyed. that was a micro burst, huge brick of heavy air that comes down, stands out and compresses and speeds up. it can do a lot of damage. not tornado damage, but you would never know it from looking. you have to see the pattern. but we know the signature on radar and that's what happened. >> scary. >> it really is. things are settling down now, but there's going to be a lot of cleanup. we had our chopper up earlier tonight. these were the types of pictures we were seeing. lot of lightning

. >> listening to linda kelly, the pennsylvania attorney general, making comments on the courthouse steps. it is now 11:00 in the east coast of the united states. want to bring you up to date on all the breaking news this evening. former penn state coach jerry sandusky led from a courthouse in handcuffs. these the images we saw for the first time about 20 or so minutes ago. their lead defense attorney said he would be shocked if jerry is acquitted on all charges. he said that earlier today. in fact, they convicted him on 45 of the 48 counts he was charged with. sentencing could come any time in the next 90 days. now, if the verdict stands, this man, who earned and betrayed the trust of so many children, as jeff toobin said, will likely die in prison. as we said, sentencing will be in 90 days. we have a number of legal analysts joining us. mark geragos from the defense side. former prosecutor jeff toobin, marcia clark. there you see jerry sandusky in a police car about to be taken off to a local jail where -- for the rest of his life, as we said. his new life has begun, his life in confine

after the verdict was announced, pennsylvania attorney general linda kelly said sandusky had caused lifelong damage to his victims. >> have worked tirelessly for the last few years to bring these charges to light, to bring this case to court, and to see the day this defended, a serial child predator who committed horrific acts upon his victims, causing lifelong and life changing consequences for all of them, has been held accountable for his crimes. >> sandusky's lawyers said they plan to appeal. two top penn state officials still criminal charges for failing to inform police about sandusky's paucities of young boys and then lying about it before a grand jury. 13 people have been arrested in minneapolis while preventing the eviction of a family from their foreclosed home. it was the latest in a series of actions by the group occupy homes to block authorities' efforts to seize the properties. scores of people have been arrested at the home since the first eviction was attempted last month. among those arrested in the latest protest was a minneapolis-based rap artist brother ali. those are som

. >> reporter: attorney general linda kelly oversaw the three-year investigation that uncovered sandusky's abuse of young children. >> are you determined to get the full truth and continue this investigation? >> this investigation continues. i think that anyone that's associated with this case can tell you that we've been developing information even after the grand jury presentment. >> reporter: there are now at least three major investigations into the sandusky scandal. by kelly's office, by the u.s. justice department and by former fbi director, louis freeh hired by penn state itself. they are focused on what penn state officials knew about sandusky's conduct, tim curley and gary schultz have already been charged with perjury relating to what they knew about the now famous 2001 shower incident involving sandusky and a young boy reported to them by former graduate assistant mike mcqueary. sources tell nbc news that kelly's office is closely reviewing e-mails showing that former penn state president graham spanier also had knowledge of that incident and agreed that it would be humane to sa

also in the courtroom now is linda kelly the attorney general for the state of pennsylvania along withities with her office. they are in the first few rows of this courthouse as they wait for the court to convene. and for a verdict to be pronounced by this jury. we are also getting word now that also in the courtroom is the attorney for matt sandusky. matt sandusky the adopted son of jerry sandusky who just one day ago came out with a shoc shocking allegation claiming that he had also been abused by his father. in the courtroom for the jury's verdict will also be matt sandusky's attorney. not clear if matt sandusky will be here as well. we will report back and give you a full account of what happens once we do know the verdict. as you mentioned just a moment ago there are highly unusual rules about the verdict itself and how that information is going to be disseminated to the media. the judge is essentially called for are a complete lockdown of the courthouse. once court convenes there can be no electronic transmissions from the courtroom itself. reporters will not be able to use any t

i'm attorney general linda kelly and joining me are members of the prosecution team and investigators on this case. some of whom you probably recognize from their roles in the courtroom and -- the microphone is not on. >> speak up. >> can you hear me? >> okay. all right. and others who you may recognize from their behind the scenes work in this case. we have joseph mcgettiingen. frank pena and janelle esboch from the attorney general's who were the trial time in the ca e case. major brett wagner from the pennsylvania state police. [ applause ] >> special agent tony sistano. and regional director randy feathers from the state college office. these men and women along with many other agents, troopers, investigators, attorneys, and other staff of the attorney general's office of pennsylvania and the pennsylvania state police have worked tireless isly for the last few years to bring these charges to light. to bring this chas case to coud to see the day that this defendant a serial child predator who committed horrific acts upon his victims is caus causing life long and life changing conse

i'm attorney general linda kelly and joining me are members of the prosecution team and investigators on this case. some of whom you probably recognized from their roles in the courtroom. and -- microphone's not on. >> speak up. >> can you hear me? okay. >> speak loud. >> all right. and others who you may recognize from their behind the scenes work in this case. we have joseph p. mcgettigan right here. frank fina and janelle ashboch from the attorney generals who were the trial team in this case. major brett wagner from the pennsylvania state police. special agent tony sesano. and regional director randy feathers from our state college office. these men and women along with many other agents, troopers, investigators, attorneys, and other taf of the attorney general's office of pennsylvania and the pennsylvania state police have worked tirelessly for the last few years to bring these charges to light, to bring this case to court, and to see the day in this defendant, a serial child predator, who committed horrific acts, upon his victims causing lifelong and life-changing consequences f