John Cleland

Matt Sandusky stood in solidarity with his adoptive father, Jerry Sandusky, while a grand jury investigated multiple allegations of child rape against the former Penn State assistant football coach. Matt Sandusky told the grand jury nothing inappropriate...

Attorneys for Jerry Sandusky and the prosecution held a closed door meeting with the presiding judge today at tne Center County courthouse in Bellfonte. Its the first time an unplanned meeting like this has happened.  Sandusky along with his defense team...

The judge in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case has denied another request by the defense team to delay the start of the trial. Judge John Cleland held a private hearing on the motions, filed May 25th, yesterday. There were four arguments presented...

Trial Judge John Cleland late Wednesday afternoon blocked a request by Jerry Sandusky's Defense Lawyer Joseph Amendola's motion to appeal the Judge denying a delay in the start of the trial. It was the latest development from a scheduled hearing in Centre...

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, facing trial next week on charges he sexually abused 10 boys, on Thursday asked a state appeals court to review his case and to delay the criminal proceedings against him. The Superior Court&...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Before his arrest on child molestation charges seven months ago, Jerry Sandusky was widely considered a living Penn State sports legend and the founder of an exemplary organization that worked with at-risk children. Then came...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Jerry Sandusky lost a last-ditch effort to delay the pending start of his child molestation trial when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court turned down his request Monday. The high court issued a one-paragraph order denying the...

Update: Jury selection in the trial for former Penn State Football Coach Jerry Sanduksy starts tomorrow. Today, Judge John Cleland issuing multilple rulings. In one of his rulings, he denied alleged victims 3,4,5,6 and 7's request to keep their...

Update:  About 200 potential jurors were broken up in groups of 40 as they were brought into courtroom 2 in the Centre County courthouse. Senior Judge John Cleland told members of the jury pool that jurors in the case will not be sequestered, saying he...

By Tuesday afternoon, 9 jurors were selected for the Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse trial.  They will continue with jury selection until 5:30pm Tuesday then resume again on Wednesday. Those inside the courtroom today say Sandusky listened intently to...

Today begins day two of jury selection in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial. Yesterday, nine jurors were chosen with today focusing on trying to solidify the rest of the panel. The magic number is 16. Twelve jurors and four alternates are needed...

Day one of the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial concluded with strong testimony from one of the alleged victims. The day started with opening arguments, before victim four testified about his experiences with Jerry Sandusky. Victim four testified for about...