Jerry Sandusky Trial: LIVE UPDATES On Jury Deliberation, Verdict Announcement [UPDATE]

LIVE: Jury Deliberates In Sandusky Trial

After hearing nine days of testimony, the jury in the trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky began deliberation toward a verdict on Thursday. Even after Judge John Cleland dismissed four charges during the trial, the jurors still had to consider 48 criminal counts against Sandusky, who is accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a period of 15 years. Sequestered during their deliberations, eight of the 12 jurors (and two of four alternates) have ties to Penn State University. The scene of some of the alleged crimes, the Penn State campus sits just 12 miles from the courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.

Senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph McGettigan III described Sandusky "a serial, predatory pedophile" during the trial and implored the jury in his closing argument to "Find him guilty of everything." In a fiery defense of his client, Joseph Amendola portrayed the 68-year-old Sandusky as the victim of investigators who wanted to "get him hell or high water" as well as accusers with financial motivations.

Shortly after the jury heard closing arguments, there was yet another startling allegation made against Sandusky, who maintains his innocence. A lawyer for Matt Sandusky, an adopted son of the former PSU defensive coach, issued a statement claiming that the 33-year-old was also abused in his youth and had been prepared to testify during the trial.

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