Ray, any thoughts on the timing of the CSS trials? My guess is that they will continued to be delayed because of the Sandusky appeal, if it goes forward. Thoughts on the Sandusky appeal?
Concerning your question on the Sandusky appeal, I have had direct contact with the new defense team. This is what was relayed to me.
They obviously feel they have an excellent chance of winning the appeal. They also believe that Jerry is totally innocent. Now of course they would say that because they are representing him. But without getting into detail, they give me the impression that things were done on both sides (prosecution and defense) that they have never seen before in history. In short, I get the distinct impression that they think Sandusky was framed big time.
They told me the appendix to the petition should have gone up on the free Centre County website, but it was too big. Larger than the County server could handle. The Appendix was I believe over 760 pages long, so it had to go on the County’s WEBIA website which is a pay site. If the petition itself wasn't enough red meat to chomp on, the appendix is a treasure trove of new info.
I don't want to give away any of their defense, but I was given a very convincing rebuttal to the repressed memory tactic that the prosecution used. It was one of the rebuttals that may be used by their expert psychologist. And it is hard to argue with. Especially when combined with the fact that repressed memory seemed to be recovered with substantially more clarity after the financial agreements were signed with the civil attorneys.
Remember. Amendola never bothered to use any expert witness to discredit the repressed memory tactic. Many psychologists think it is nothing more than legal hocus pocus. Amendola just stupidly and inexplicably accepted it and moved on.
That's only the tip of the iceberg. There's LOTS more. I was told by someone high on the defense team that they feel this case not only has a better chance of winning appeal than any case they have ever worked on, but any case they have ever heard of. In short, they are extremely confident and extremely convincing.
My own opinion is that because of the corrupt and crooked Pennsylvania politics involved in this case, the appeal is a long shot. But the new defense team gives me the impression that not only do they think Sandusky is 100% innocent (their words), but the United States Constitution was completely and cataclysmically destroyed and mangled in this case. When they explain the inexplicable and extreme Constitutional violations they feel were intentionally and willfully carried out, they make me believe that this appeal at least has some chance.