Editor's Note: People who want to study the Sandusky case, who want to understand why I and others say he is innocent, might take advantage of the following essay by Dr. Frederick Crews. While it is long for a typical news story, it is perhaps the best one-stop explanation of what happened to Jerry Sandusky
Eleven Years On, Doubts Cast on Fair Trial Following a conversation about why I believed the conviction was wrongful, I prepared a memo for an influential publisher on the Jerry Sandusky case. Here is my memo: Million-Dollar Stories: Repressed Memories or Coached Testimonies? Thank you for reviewing and offering to present the following summary to
By Frank Parlato Jerry Sandusky, 79, has been in prison for more than 11 years. A Pennsylvania jury convicted him of sexually abusing nine boys. FR is investigating whether he is innocent. Allegations and Initial Accusations At the time of his arrest in 2011, after a three-year investigation by the Attorney General’s office, two men,
The Predator of Penn State The official story everyone knows. A pedophile in his 50s and 60s, we have been told, was running loose in a small Pennsylvania town for more than 15 years. A sexually insatiable predator with the virility of a porn star in his 20s, his predilection was boys. He was constantly
It began with an article Rich Luthmann wrote for the Frank Report, where he mentioned Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach convicted of sexually abusing boys in 2012. The Frank Report repeated the common narrative and read, in part: "Joe Paterno, then the head football coach, faced criticism for not adequately addressing reports