NEW : `` Hopefully , part of the healing process began '' with the verdict , a Penn State fan says . The ex-coach is guilty on 45 of 48 counts for sexually abusing boys over 15 years . With the same decision announced on count after count -- guilty , guilty , guilty -- Jerry Sandusky 's emphatic denials he had sexually abused boys for years became obsolete , closing a chapter in a saga that has gripped Penn State and the nation . A juror says the witnesses were all very credible , jury was `` on the same page '' and found him not guilty. "
NEW : `` Hopefully , part of the healing process began '' with the verdict , a Penn State fan says . The ex-coach is guilty on 45 of 48 counts for sexually abusing boys over 15 years . A juror says the witnesses were all very credible , jury was `` on the same page '' and found him not guilty. "