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Reuters 5:01 a.m. CDT, June 6, 2012


* Five men, four women picked for jury so far* Ex-assistant coach faces 52 counts of child sexual abuse
* Judge wants trial to start on Monday* Case a watershed in U.S. child sex abuse awareness
By Ian Simpson
BELLEFONTE, Pa., June 6 (Reuters) - Jury selection resumes
Wednesday in the child sex abuse trial of former Penn State
University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a day after
nine jurors were picked in a fast-paced first day of naming a
panel.
Five men and four women, all white, were chosen on Tuesday
as jury selection began in Centre County Court, putting Judge
John Cleland's goal of starting trial on Monday well within
reach.
Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach,
faces 52 counts of molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. He
has pleaded not guilty and faces more than 500 years in prison
if convicted on all counts.
Prosecutors have accused Sandusky, 68, of meeting the boys