BELLEFONTE, Penn. - Convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will spend no less than 30 years and no more than 60 years behind bars.
A judge handed down that ruling Tuesday morning in a Bellefonte, Pennsylvania courthouse saying Sandusky's sentence is for the rest of his life.
It was Sandusky's first public appearance since he was convicted in June on 45 counts of sexually abusing 10 boys.
Sandusky did make a rambling statement in court on Tuesday saying, "I didn't do these alleged disgusting acts."
He said he came to court hoping to hug his wife Dottie.
Sandusky did read a letter from a child who he says his charity, The Second Mile, helped.
The prosecution says they agree with the sentence.
"I believe the sentence that the court imposed today was a wise and proper one and that it reflected the seriousness of the defendant's crimes," prosecutor Joe McGettigan said.
The judge told Sandusky, "you abused the trust of those who trusted you. The crime was not only what you did to their bodies but the assault to their souls."
But Sandusky's lawyer maintained that Sandusky was out to prove his innocence.
"Jerry never flinched from his position that he was innocent, and he wanted to prove it, and would not entertain a plea offer," Joe Amendola said.
The most emotional moments during Sandusky's sentencing hearing came from the three victims who spoke, all of them tearful as they recalled being violated.
A source says Sandusky is planning to write a book about what he calls "his ordeal," but Pennsylvania state law prohibits convicted sex offenders from profiting from books.
