The judge overseeing convicted serial child molester Jerry Sandusky’s post-conviction appeal has ordered the Office of Attorney General to disclose, under seal, any documents in its possession detailing any financial incentive Sandusky’s victims may have had to falsely testify in his criminal trial.
Sandusky’s attorney was seeking subpoena power and prehearing discovery into a number of areas, including whether the prosecution knew the identity of “Victim 2,” whether Brady materials were not disclosed and the ways in which the grand jury proceedings occurred. Senior Judge John M. Cleland rejected all of the defense’s requests, finding this case did not present “exceptional circumstances” to override a general rule that discovery is not permitted in post-conviction proceedings.
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