The fate of accused child predator and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is now in the hands of a jury.
They got the case officially at 1:12 p.m. Thursday.
In their closing arguments, prosecutors called Sandusky a "serial predatory pedophile" who "preyed on those boys who were most vulnerable."
The defense, on the other hand, accused the commonwealth of being out to get Sandusky "come hell or high water."
The defense has tried to portray Sandusky, the founder of a charity for young boys, as suffering from a mental health disorder called "histrionic personality disorder," which causes people to be overly affectionate.
They claim that the longer the prosecutors searched for victims, the more desperate they got.
Before the jury went into deliberations, the judge dropped three charges against Sandusky, including two alleged incidents that occurred at the Alamo Bowl in 1999. The judge said these charges weren't supported by evidence.
The former football coach still faces 48 criminal counts.
It's been a quick trial, so far, being conducted in nine days.
Sandusky's wife, Dottie, took the stand during the trial, but the defendant did not.
Sources say the reason why Sandusky didn't take the stand is because one of his adopted sons would have testified against him. Those sources tell NBC News that prosecutors warned the defense team that if Sandusky testified, the prosecution would call Matt Sandusky as a rebuttal witness.
The same sources say the now 33-year-old adopted son contacted prosecutors after the trial began with damning testimony about his father's behavior.
FOX 29's Bruce Gordon is live in Centre County and filed this report Thursday afternoon.
