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Adultery laws are the laws in various countries that deal with extramarital sex.Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, especially in the case of extramarital sex involving a married woman and a man other than her husband, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. [1]
On January 1, 1972, Idaho, following the recommendations of the Model Penal Code, repealed its adultery, anti-cohabitation, crime against nature and fornication laws, becoming the first U.S. state to repeal its adultery, bestiality and fornication laws, the second U.S. state to repeal its anti-cohabitation law and the third U.S. state to repeal its sodomy law.
On March 12, 1971, the Idaho House of Representatives voted was 55-5 in favor of House Bill 161, which enacted the entire Model Penal Code (MPC) in Idaho, which included repealing common-law crimes and the "crime against nature" law. The bill passed the Idaho Senate on March 25, 1971 and the vote was 34-1.
According to the 2023 Crime in Idaho report published earlier this month by Idaho State Police, the number of reported rapes in Idaho fell 11% from the previous year. Incest reports dropped by ...
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The Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification’s “Crime in Idaho” annual report showed 728 cases of rape or attempted rape reported to law enforcement statewide last year. That’s ...
Idaho: Persons within degrees of consanguinity which make marriages incestuous and void. Marriage, sexual intercourse, adultery Up to 15y. In the case the victim is under 18 years of age, up to life imprisonment [32] Illinois
Adultery is viewed by many jurisdictions as offensive to public morals, undermining the marriage relationship. [2] [3] Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, usually for the woman and sometimes for the man, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. [4]