Forum Newsfront
October, 1978
Justice almost PrevailsClovis, New Mexico—A mistrial was declared in the unusual case of a 23-year-old woman charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor—a 15-year-old youth with whom she alledgedly had sexual relations. The defendant's original indictment had been thrown out earlier by an appellate court that ruled that sex may have contributed to the boy's education but not to his delinquency. That decision was later reversed by the state supreme court. An informal poll of the trial...
