By Brad Bumsted
Published: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Updated 6 hours ago
HARRISBURG Jerry Sandusky will enter the state prison system a marked man.
His notoriety as a child molester makes him a target for violence from inmates looking to make a name for themselves, corrections experts and former prosecutors say.
Keeping Sandusky safe is a nightmare for the prison system, said Jeff Eiser, a Cincinnati corrections consultant and expert witness. For the rest of his life, hell be a target.
A judge will sentence Sandusky, 68, a former Penn State assistant football coach, on Tuesday in Centre County Court for molesting 10 boys over 15 years. With 45 convictions, hell likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Sandusky, who has maintained hes innocent, plans to address the judge during the proceeding. What I anticipate hell say is hes innocent, Sandusky attorney Joe Amendola said outside the courthouse on Monday afternoon.
On the eve of his sentencing, he released a recorded statement from prison that said, among other things, In my heart, I know I did not do these alleged, disgusting acts.
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