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[QUOTE="BlazeOrange, post: 76385, member: 683"]
I'm no lawyer, but I strongly doubt that many plea bargains take place in child molestation cases due to the likely public outcry against D.A.'s who would go easy on the perverts.  Especially in a case with multiple (and increasing) charges and witnesses.  So their only choice is to go all-in on the not guilty claim.

The problem here is anyone who is falsely accused of these crimes would want to strongly deny them as publicly as possible and, as they discussed on Mike & Mike this morning, as a sports figure you can't get much more public than a Costas interview.  So they have to make a statement to try to plant some sort of doubt.  Not a bad idea in theory, but there are incriminating details (showing with kids) that they can't deny and need to rationalize somehow.  Having Sandusky located remotely didn't help - whether true or not, the transmission delays in a phone interview would already 
make it seem like he was making measured responses, plus the audience couldn't "look him in the eye" as he answered.  If his lawyer could make into the same room with Costas, I don't see any reason why Sandusky couldn't.  If he has travel restrictions with his bail, I'm sure Costas would've been willing to come to him.

His lawyer should also be bringing up the Duke lax case every chance he gets as an example of someone who was wrongly crucified based on initial reports.  Although they were no angels, they were innocent of the worst charges against them.
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