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 with the witnesses against him" that are guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.
More forms of gambling will soon be legal in Connecticut.
The state will begin its soft launch of legalized online sports betting on Tuesday, according to NBC Connecticut. The full launch will take place next week. The soft launch will limit gambling to 750 people, and for the first three days of the program, they will only be allowed to bet at certain times of day.
