Monday, October 8, 2012

What's The Over/Under On How Many Years Jerry Sandusky gets

Jerry Sandusky gets sentenced tomorrow for his convictions of child abuse and rape.
From ESPN: Jerry Sandusky and at least some of his victims plan to address the judge at his sentencing, a proceeding that may last less than two hours, lawyers said after a closed-door meeting to iron out logistics ahead of the Tuesday hearing.
Sandusky lawyer Joe Amendola said "it's as certain as certain can be" that the former Penn State assistant football coach will speak to Judge John Cleland and assert his innocence before he is sentenced on 45 counts of child sexual abuse.
 "What I anticipate he'll say is he's innocent," Amendola said outside the courthouse Monday afternoon.
On Monday afternoon Sandusky made an audio statement on psucomradio.com.
"They could take away my life, they could make me out as a monster, they could treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart," Sandusky said. "In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged disgusting acts."
Amendola said he did not expect any others to speak on Sandusky's behalf, although friends and family members -- including his wife, Dottie -- have written letters of support. Dottie Sandusky plans to attend the hearing, he said.
Given the number of charges, the serious nature of his crimes and his age, the 68-year-old Sandusky faces the likelihood of a sentence that will send him to state prison for the rest of his life. Sandusky was convicted in June of abusing 10 boys over 15 years, including some attacks inside Penn State athletic facilities.
"The important thing for us is, it starts the appellate process," Amendola said....
 Lead prosecutor Joe McGettigan said as many as a half-dozen victims are expected to be heard.
The eight victims who testified against Sandusky at trial described abuse that ranged from grooming and fondling to oral and anal sex. Sandusky did not take the stand, but gave interviews shortly after his arrest in which he declared he was not guilty.
Karl Rominger, another Sandusky defense lawyer, said the sentencing and a related proceeding to determine if Sandusky qualifies as a sexually violent predator under Pennsylvania's version of Megan's Law should take less than two hours.
Rominger said a 30-year minimum sentence -- which would keep Sandusky behind bars at least until he's nearly 100 -- was probably the most the defense could hope for.  http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8478770/penn-state-nittany-lions-lawyer-says-jerry-sandusky-speak-sentencing
My guess he will be getting around 250 years in prison but could get up to 400 years.

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