Adultery is a crime in New York State. For more than 100 years it's been a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail. Legislation to overturn that now sits on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk. If you ...

Adultery has been illegal in New York since 1907, but state lawmakers seem poised to repeal the antiquated law. By Erin Nolan Reporting from the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. In the halls of the New ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York. But adultery may soon be legal in the state thanks to a bill in the New York Legislature that would ...

Texas law doesn't consider adultery to be a felony or misdemeanor. But Texas Family Code §6.003 does say the court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse has committed the act.

Indonesia's Sharia law prohibits adultery, with a nine-month jail sentence for those caught. Although the government does not have cheating-related laws, many Muslims in the country follow Sharia. In ...

St. John, viii, 2-11. London, 1811. "And the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery, and when they had set her in the midst, they say to him, master, this woman was taken in ...