{"product_id":"the-most-hated-man-in-america-jerry-sandusky-and-the-rush-to-judgment-9781620067659","title":"The Most Hated Man in America: Jerry Sandusky and the Rush to Judgment","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone 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? \u003cem\u003eThe Most Hated Man in America \u003c\/em\u003ereads like a true crime psychological thriller and is required reading for everyone from criminologists to sports fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If potential readers are convinced that Jerry Sandusky is guilty, they need to read \u003cem\u003eThe Most Hated Man in America. \u003c\/em\u003eThis 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor of Psychology \u0026amp; Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine, author, \u003cem\u003eThe Myth of Repressed Memory\u003c\/em\u003e and other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Most Hated Man in America \u003c\/em\u003etells 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, including all the 'memories' that were retrieved through therapy and litigation. One would think that the sheer insanity of so much of this will have to eventually come out.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Richard A. Leo, Hamill Family Professor of Law and Psychology, University of San Francisco, author, \u003cem\u003ePolice Interrogation and American Justice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions, and the Norfolk Four\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Virtually everybody knows with certainty that Jerry Sandusky is a serial child molester. He was, after all, found guilty by a jury of his peers. But what if what we think we know about Sandusky is at least in some ways incorrect? Regardless of their ultimate conclusions, readers will find \u003cem\u003eThe Most Hated Man in America \u003c\/em\u003eto be thoughtful and provocative, addressing questions that deserve to be asked in a just society.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Fred S. Berlin, M.D., Ph.D. Director, The Johns Hopkins Sexual Behavior Consultation Unit, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePendergrast, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Independent scholar and science writer Mark Pendergrast is the author of many critically acclaimed, deeply researched works of non-fiction, including Memory Warp, The Repressed Memory Epidemic, Victims of Memory, Uncommon Grounds, Inside the Outbreaks, Mirror Mirror, and For God, Country and Coca-Cola, among others. He lives in Vermont and can be reached through his website, www.markpendergrast.com.","brand":"Sunbury Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50856101609746,"sku":"9781620067659","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_824aebf2-392d-4870-826d-fb0286ece572.jpg?v=1737495499","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-most-hated-man-in-america-jerry-sandusky-and-the-rush-to-judgment-9781620067659","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}