The law was introduced in 1907, but only a dozen people have been charged in the last 50 years, according to those who want to see it repealed.
A US state could be about to scrap a century-old law which criminalises the act of cheating. Adultery has been classed as a low-level criminal offence - known as a misdemeanour - in the state of New York since 1907. Such laws were traditionally introduced in states across the US to reduce the number of divorces at a time when a cheating spouse was the only way to secure a legal split.
How the law has been used since its creation Just a few weeks after the law went into effect in 1907, a married man and a 25-year-old woman became the first people arrested after the man's wife sued for divorce, according to a New York Times article from the time. The last adultery charge in New York appears to have been filed in 2010 against a woman who was caught engaging in a sex act in a public park. However, the case was later dropped as part of a plea deal.
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