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Judge wants files on Sandusky victims’ deals with lawyers

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

Longtime Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse and will serve 30 to 60 years in prison. (Associated Press)

Jerry Sandusky’s bid for new trial going to court in Pa.

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2012, after being sentenced to a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence for sexual abuse of 10 boys. (Associated Press)

Pa. judge: No new trial for Jerry Sandusky

By Mark Scolforo - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center left, walks with his attorney Joe Amendola, center right, as he leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is expected to appear on Thursday, Jan., 10, 2013, inside a central Pennsylvania courtroom for a hearing about whether his lawyers had enough time to prepare for trial. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Sandusky’s lawyers argue for new trial

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

** FILE ** Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2012, for sentencing. (Associated Press)

Sandusky gets least 30 years, denies wrongdoing

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday, June 22, 2012, after being found guilty in his sexual abuse trial. (AP Photo/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark)

Some Sandusky jurors hoping for life sentence for ex-Penn State coach

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives June 21, 2012, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (Associated Press)

Sandusky child sex abuse case goes to jury

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday, June 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Sandusky judge: Jury could get case Thursday

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Monday. Mr. Sandusky is charged with 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (Associated Press)

Sandusky judge says jury could get case by Thursday

By Mark Scolforo and Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Jerry Sandusky, arriving Thursday for the fourth day of his trial in Bellefonte, Pa., on child molestation charges, heard testimony from three more accusers describing what happened when they were with the former Penn State coach when they were boys. (Centre Daily Times via Associated Press)

Accuser says Sandusky called himself the ‘tickle monster’

By Mark Scolford and Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives June 14, 2012, for the fourth day his trial at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky faces 52 counts of child sex-abuse involving 10 boys over a 15-year span. (Associated Press/Centre Daily Times)

Accuser: Sandusky forgot about me when I moved

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

**FILE** Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives June 6, 2012, for the second day of jury selection for his child sexual abuse trial at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. (Associated Press)

Accusers to be unmasked at Penn State trial

By Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky (left) arrives with his attorney, Joe Amendola, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, the second day of jury selection in Sandusky's trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

12-person jury, alternate chosen in Sandusky case

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Television satellite trucks set up June 4, 2012, outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., in preparation for the start of the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State college football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. (Associated Press)

3 jurors picked for Sandusky child sex abuse trial

By Genaro C. Armas and Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

Jerry Sandusky gets into the car of his attorney Joe Amendola near the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte, Pa., on May 29, 2012, following a closed-door meeting with the judge in his child sexual abuse case. (Associated Press/Centre Daily Times, Nabil K. Mark)

Judge won’t delay Jerry Sandusky’s sex-abuse trial

Associated Press

** FILE ** Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse after a bail conditions hearing in Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pa. judge refuses to delay Sandusky trial

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

** FILE ** Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse after a bail conditions hearing in Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-Penn State coach asks for postponement of sex-abuse trial

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

** FILE ** Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., after a bail conditions hearing on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge denies Sandusky’s bid for more particulars

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

** FILE ** Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., after a bail conditions hearing on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Judge: Sandusky can see grandkids, have local jury

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Dec. 13, 2011, photo, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for a preliminary hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pa. judge to consider Sandusky jury, bail issues

By Mark Scolforo - Associated Press