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Sandusky guilty on 45 counts in sex abuse trial
Posted: 06.22.2012 at 10:18 PM
Allyson Floyd

Allyson is the News at 6pm, 7pm, and 11pm Anchor and Assistant News Director at NewsChannel 15.

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Friday night, the jury in the Jerry Sandusky trial found him guilty on 45 of 48 counts of molesting young boys over a 15-year period.

The 68-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach now faces a maximum sentence of 442 years.

The panel had listened to seven days of testimony, including from eight young men who said they were his victims. Jurors also heard about two other alleged victims through other witnesses.

Sandusky didn't take the stand.

The defense's case had consisted largely of character witnesses who defended Sandusky's reputation, a psychologist who said Sandusky had a personality disorder and the ex-coach's wife, who said her husband didn't do anything inappropriate.

His lawyers also suggested the accusers had a financial motive to make up stories and that investigators coached witnesses.

Sandusky has been led away in handcuffs from a Pennsylvania courthouse. In court, Sandusky half-waved toward family as the sheriff led him away. Outside, he calmly walked to a sheriff's car with his hands cuffed in front of him.

He showed little emotion as the verdict was read. The judge ordered him to be taken to the county jail to await sentencing in about three months.

His attorney, Karl Rominger, says it was "a tough case" with a lot of charges and that an appeal was certain.

He says the defense team "didn't exactly have a lot of time to prepare." He says Sandusky "took it well" upon hearing the verdict.

Click here for continuing coverage of this story from ABC News.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report)

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