Jerry Sandusky Hearing: Twitter Reaction and Updates to Preliminary Hearings

It’s going to be yet another sad day in Happy Valley for the alleged victims of sex crimes at the hands of former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

Sandusky will have his preliminary hearing held at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 13. We can’t forget that the defense team had the option of waiving this hearing, but made the choice to go through with it.

Sandusky is charged with over 50 counts of sexual indecency with children. Today’s preliminary hearing is the first step in deciding if the former coach is really guilty of these crimes.

This court session will also be the first time that Sandusky will be facing off with his accusers since all of the allegations became public.

UPDATE: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 8:50 a.m. ET by Donald Wood

People are not happy about this coward move by Sandusky and his defense team, but what was to be expected from a team defending an alleged child molester?

James from North Dakota has already put Sandusky on trial:

Dan McQuade jests about Sandusky’s comments leaving the courtroom:

Ian Rhodes brings up a great point about what’s going on in the sports world right now:

UPDATE: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 8:40 a.m. ET by Donald Wood

Well it looks like Jerry Sandusky and his defense team had a change of heart and decided to forego the preliminary hearings and take this matter right to court.

This could have been waived at any time before this, but to make everyone prepare for this only to have it be waived at the last moment is a ploy by the defense to stall the prosecution.

CBS Philly was right there to watch Sandusky march everyone into the courtroom just to waive his right to the preliminary hearing:

Penn State insider Kevin Horne is reporting on Twitter about the build up and the let down:

Central Pennsylvania news anchor Jim Hamill is reporting on Twitter about the jump right into the trial now:

Penn State independent student newspaper the Daily Collegian is reporting about what's next in this case:

Howard Janet, the lawyer for a 24-year-old man identified in the grand jury report as Victim 6, told ABC News about his clients opportunity to expose this monster:

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It's very difficult. It's trying, but it's something that needs to be done to serve justice. It's an opportunity for him to set the record straight in response to charges by Sandusky and his lawyer that he hasn't been telling the truth and these other young men haven't been telling the truth.

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We will be following the Twitter action of the people inside the battle in the courthouse, and following everything that unfolds from this first step in the process.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pa. is reporting about the process of being allowed to get into the courtroom to witness today preliminary hearing:

While getting into the courthouse was a nightmare, parking around the building has been log-jammed with news trucks since yesterday, according to the Patriot-News:

The Sandusky camp has denied that they will make a plea bargain in this case, but Penn State insider for Rivals.com Nate Bauer is reporting that that option is not closed:

Nittany Lions beat writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ron Musselman is at the courthouse and is reporting about the kind of security the sleepy town has seen this morning:

Another Penn State insider Ben Jones was at the court house when Sandusky arrived:

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