BELLEFONTE, PA - JUNE 18: Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse, On June 18, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Courtesy Getty Images.
(Bellefonte, PA) -- Seven women and five men poised to hear closing arguments in Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse trial would begin jury deliberations without the benefit of having the former Penn State assistant football coach take the witness stand in his own defense.
More than a week of often-explicit testimony wrapped up Wednesday after Sandusky's defense team rested without calling their client. That set up closing arguments for Thursday morning, and jurors could start meeting behind closed doors that afternoon to start weighing Sandusky's fate.
Sandusky is charged with 51 criminal counts for the alleged abuse of 10 boys over 15 years in hotels, at his home and in the football team's showers. Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno was fired in the ensuing scandal following Sandusky's arrest in November.