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The lead defense attorney representing Jerry Sandusky told reporters on Friday that it would be a shock if the former Penn State University assistant football coach were acquitted of all of the charges of sexually abusing children now being weighed by sequestered jurors.

Lawyers for one of Jerry Sandusky's adopted sons said the man has told authorities the former Penn State assistant football coach abused him. The lawyers issued a statement Thursday naming Matt Sandusky, one of Jerry Sandusky's six adopted children, and saying that the 33-year-old had been prepared to testify on behalf of prosecutors at his father's sex abuse trial.

The legal team for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, has released Mr. Zimmerman's written statement and several audio and video interviews with investigators, in which Mr. Zimmerman says he was ambushed and then pummeled so violently by Mr. Martin that his head “felt like it was going explode” and that the teenager had covered his nose and mouth before reaching for Mr. Zimmerman’s firearm.

The defense team for Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period, rested on Wednesday without the former assistant football coach taking the stand.

Roger Clemens has been acquitted on all charges by a jury that decided he didn't lie to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Jurors returned their verdict Monday after close to 10 hours of deliberation. The outcome brings an end to a 10-week trial that capped an expensive, five-year investigation into one of the greatest pitchers in the history of baseball.

Trayvon Martin's killer George Zimmerman used money raised for his defence fund to pay off credit cards and other personal debts, recordings of prison conversations released by prosecutors Monday suggest.

Eight young men who said they were molested by Jerry Sandusky told unforgettable stories about a man who called himself "The Great Pretender."

A man who appeared at a murder trial at the Old Bailey in a hospital bed is jailed for murdering his ex-wife and her mother.

A federal jury late Thursday rejected claims that Kevin Costner and his business partner duped fellow actor Stephen Baldwin and a friend out of millions of dollars from a BP contract for using oil cleanup devices in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.

Federal prosecutors have filed an order dismissing the remaining criminal charges against John Edwards.