Operation Varsity Blues: When the System Decides You’re Guilty First

John Wilson’s Varsity Blues fight shows how quickly prosecutors, media outrage, and public narratives can bury facts beneath the presumption of guilt. Most Americans assume the justice system only comes crashing into your life if you clearly did something wrong. That is part of what makes the story of John Wilson so unsettling. Wilson was a successful businessman, philanthropist, husband, and father … with no criminal record. Then, almost overnight, he found himself at the center of one of the biggest true crime sagas in America: Operation Varsity Blues. The case exploded across headlines worldwide because it had everything cable...