Forum Newsfront
December, 1980
Wayward WomanSan Francisco--A woman convicted of operating a bordello has been sentenced to 90 days in a convent. A superior-court judge placed the 39-year-old madam in the "care, custody and control" of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic order dedicated to helping wayward women. All parties were agreeable to the sentence, and the defending attorney commented, "It's not unlike what Hamlet said to Ophelia: 'Get thee to a nunnery, go.'"DecrimToronto--A Canadian study...
