‘Varsity Blues’ Conviction Highlights Erosion of Sixth Amendment Rights

A federal jury in Boston recently convicted Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson in connection with conspiring to get their children into the University of Southern California. The story is more newsworthy for what it says about the corruption of our criminal justice system than for what it says about corruption in the college admissions process. The striking element is that people are being punished for exercising the rights to "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury" and "to be confronted

A federal jury in Boston recently convicted Gamal Abdelaziz and John Wilson in connection with conspiring to get their children into the University of Southern California. The story is more newsworthy for what it says about the corruption of our criminal justice system than for what it says about corruption in the college admissions process. The striking element is that people are being punished for exercising the rights to "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury" and "to be confronted…