Cheat on your wife, in jail for life!

[Roy Karrde]

How could anyone advocate Prison time for this? You are not breaking any law, just a vow you made to your wife. This is for the lawyers in Civil Court not Criminal Court. I can understand how some people will want others to pay for cheating on their spouce. But leave it to Civil Court.

[mr_pikachu]

How could anyone advocate Prison time for this? You are not breaking any law, just a vow you made to your wife. This is for the lawyers in Civil Court not Criminal Court. I can understand how some people will want others to pay for cheating on their spouce. But leave it to Civil Court.

Actually, it is against the law. It's just that the law has been ignored for the last 36 years.

[PNT510]

Actually, it is against the law. It's just that the law has been ignored for the last 36 years.

Just because it's law doesn't mean it should be illegeal. There are tons of retarded laws out there.

[mr_pikachu]

I'm not disagreeing with it being a bit extreme (although I'm certainly not worried about ever being prosecuted for it myself). On the other hand, I am glad that part of the judicial branch is actually doing its job. They're leaving it to the legislature to correct the mistake, as well they should. All that judges are supposed to do is interpret the law, not decide whether it is good or bad. If anything, this should prompt the legislative branch to do their jobs rather than leaving it to the ill-equipped judicial branch to do everything.

Also, while I think that it is a rather extreme consequence, I'm not sure that I agree with your logic, D-Knight. It doesn't seem like we can just throw out a law because its punishment would make someone desperate to cover it up. Isn't that the case with any law? Does anyone really want to pay the price for any crime? Whether the sentence would prompt a cover-up is beside the point; what matters is how appropriate the punishment is for the crime.