From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.A defiant Jerry Sandusky maintains he is innocent doing so, even as a Pennsylvania judge sentenced him to at least 30 years in prison for sexually abusing children.NPR's Jeff Brady reports the former Penn State assistant coach faced three of his victims during a sentencing hearing today.A jury found Sandusky guilty of sexually abusing ten boys.From the bench, Judge John Cleland criticized Sandusky for releasing an audio statement before sentencingthat claims the conviction was the result of a conspiracy started by one of the victims that then spread.Attorney Ben Andreozzi represents victim number four.And I think that my client probably felt better hearing the judge confront Sandusky, than he would have, the judge gave him 1,000 years in prison.The 30-year sentence handed down as effectively a life term for the 68-year-old Sandusky.Jeff Brady, NPR News, Bellefonte Pennsylvania.The Obama campaign has released a new ad spoofing Republican challenger Mitt Romney for saying he would end the federal subsidy for public broadcasting.NPR's Brian Naylor reports the spot stars Big Bird.The ad begins with pictures of some of Wall Street's most notorious criminals including Bernie Madoff and Kenneth Lay who meant labels Gluttons of greed.The chosen image of Big Bird in an office building calling him the evil genius who controlled them.It then shows a clip of Mitt Romney from last week's presidential debate.Mitt Romney knows it's not Wall Street you have to worry about, it's Sesame Street.
