A judge granted a hearing on Jerry Sandusky's bid to introduce new evidence after an accuser known as Victim 10 sought to recant his testimony. Pennsylvania prosecutors described the recantation as highly suspect, while Victim 10's affidavit alleged prosecutors had coached him to reframe his allegations. Sandusky, convicted in 2012 on 45 counts, said in a prison interview that he is innocent and was convicted by people acting on their own agendas for personal gain.
The single sampled LL article (The Guardian) is brief and procedural, reporting only that a judge granted a hearing on the recantation bid, noting the state's characterization of the recantation as 'highly suspect,' and reiterating Sandusky's 2012 conviction on 45 counts. It includes minimal detail on the accuser's claims or Sandusky's own statements.
No centrist outlet in our set has published this story.
The sampled LR outlet (New York Post) publishes two detailed articles giving extensive space to both the accuser's affidavit (Victim 10's claims of being coached and having a 'fragmented' memory) and to Sandusky's own prison interview proclaiming his innocence and describing money and prosecutorial pressure as the motive behind the original allegations, alongside background on the case, Penn State's payouts, and Joe Paterno's firing.