Jerry Sandusky Is Probably an Innocent Man, Not a Monster, Claims Controversial, Well-Researched New Book
COLCHESTER, Vt., Dec. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone knows the story of Jerry Sandusky, the serial pedophile, the Monster. But what if that story is wrong? What if the former Penn State football coach and founder of the Second Mile is an innocent man convicted in the midst of a moral panic fed by the sensationalistic media, police trawling, and memory-warping psychotherapy? The Most Hated Man in America (Sunbury Press, 2017) reads like a true crime psychological thriller and is required reading for everyone from criminologists to sports fans.
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"If potential readers are convinced that Jerry Sandusky is guilty, they need to read The Most Hated Man in America. This meticulously researched, provocative, and wonderfully written book by Mark Pendergrast, an enormously important contributor to the repressed memory debate, will certainly make them see another side. Maybe they will think twice."
-- Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, author, The Myth of Repressed Memory and other books.
"The Most Hated Man in America tells a truly remarkable story. In all the media coverage the Sandusky case has received, it's amazing that no one else has noticed or written about so many of these things, such as improper interviewing techniques (coaching, contamination), all the 'memories' retrieved through therapy, and financial incentives. One would think that the sheer insanity of so much of this will have to eventually come out."
--Richard Leo, Professor of Law and Psychology, University of San Francisco, author, Police Interrogation and American Justice and The Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions, and the Norfolk Four
The Most Hated Man in America provides disturbing evidence that our legal process can be unjust, flawed, and can lead to the conviction of innocent people, even when there are numerous allegations. The Sandusky case has ruined lives, careers, and institutions and has cost an estimated $1 billion. And it is all built on a house of cards, faulty memories, and greed.
At the heart of the Sandusky fiasco lies unacknowledged repressed memory therapy, which influenced alleged victims. Pendergrast is also the author of Memory Warp: How the Myth of Repressed Memory Arose and Refuses to Die (Upper Access, 2017), an essential companion book to the Sandusky saga. Many people think that the repressed memory epidemic, which crested in the 1990s, is over. But as Pendergrast demonstrated, it never really went away, and it is coming back into an alarming vogue.
"Memory Warp is a brilliantly written, powerful, and meticulously documented exposé of the contemporary recovered memory movement. Pendergrast demolishes the widespread myth that suggestive techniques designed to recover supposedly repressed memories – and the often devastating effects of these techniques on psychotherapy clients and their families -- are a thing of the past. This extremely important book is a reminder that, in the words of William Faulkner, 'The past is never dead. It's not even past.'"
--Scott Lilienfeld, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Emory University, author, Facts and Fictions in Mental Health
About the Author: Independent scholar and science writer Mark Pendergrast has written many well-researched, critically acclaimed nonfiction books about a wide range of subjects. His books include The Most Hated Man in America; Memory Warp; Uncommon Grounds; For God, Country and Coca-Cola; Mirror Mirror; Inside the Outbreaks; and City on the Verge, among others. He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and television programs for his previous books. See his website, www.markpendergrast.com.
Contact Mark Pendergrast, [email protected], 802-310-9246, to request review copies and interviews. Email preferred.
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