Presumed Guilty

June, 1992

Presumed GuiltyMore than three years into what he describes as an "unimaginable ordeal," Tom Anson* decided to go public. Against the advice of his lawyer and almost everyone else who wished him well, he began writing letters. He wrote the heads of network news divisions, as well as producers and correspondents on individual shows. He wrote the ACLU and other organizations concerned with civil liberties. He wrote the student-body presidents of more than 100 colleges. He wrote local pol...