Bellefonte, Pennsylvania: Jerry Sandusky, former Pennsylvania State University football coach, was sentenced for 30 to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for sexually abusing boys for more than a decade.
But Sandusky insisted he was innocent, and after listening several victims recounted their pain to the packed courtroom, he said: “I did not do these alleged disgusting acts.”
He will be at least 98 years old before he is eligible for parole. He will be transferred to the Camp Hill State Correctional Institution for evaluation to determine which of the 25 state prisons will house him, Reuters reported.
He will likely be placed in isolation or protective custody. He will hold a job that pays 19 to 52 cents an hour, probably as a clerical worker, and be allowed five visits a month. Pennsylvania does not offer conjugal prison visits.
The sentence of 30 to 60 years “has the unmitigated impact of saying ‘the rest of your life in prison,'” the judge said.
Sandusky was convicted in June on 45 counts of child sex abuse for molesting 10 boys over 15 years, some in the football team’s showers on campus.
His victims accused him of fondling and oral and anal abuse. One recalled screaming in vain for help in the basement of Sandusky’s home. Most experts said the sentence was fair.
“Your crime is not only what you did to their bodies, but your assault on their psyche and their souls,” Cleland told Sandusky at the hearing in Centre County Court. “The tragedy of this story is it is a story of betrayal. Some of your victims had a genuine affection for you.
“It is precisely that ability to conceal those vices from yourself and everyone else that in my view makes you dangerous,” he said.
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