Jerry Sandusky denied appeal for new trial despite lawyers' claim of new evidence
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A judge has denied former Penn State assistant coach and convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky's appeal for a new trial.
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His lawyers said they have new evidence that has to do with a "repressed memory" that was used to convict Sandusky.
The judge called some evidence quote "scattershot" and said other parts of Sandusky's appeal had already been ruled on.
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Last month, a judge lowered Sandusky's restitution in the case from over $90,000 to about $45,000.
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