ASHFORD JRN 410 JRN410 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1
JRN 410 Week 4 Discussion 1 Howard Cunningham Is Being Appointed for Office! (Ashford)
Howard Cunningham Is Being Appointed for Office! In 1968 Howard Cunningham was charged in Daytona Beach, Florida, with having sex with a minor. Howard was a senior at the University of Tennessee enjoying a spring break when he had a brief fling with a young woman who, he said, told him she was a junior at the University of Michigan, also on spring break. Actually, she was a 15-year-old sophomore at Daytona Beach High School. Because the girl was a minor, the court hearing was held behind closed doors (This was possible in 1968). The judge ruled that Howard had technically violated the law and found him guilty. But because the evidence regarding what Howard actually knew or thought he knew about the girl's age was ambiguous at best, the judge sentenced Howard to one-year probation, which he could serve back in Tennessee. The court record was never sealed, but stored in a file in a back room at the courthouse.
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