From Crime to Choice: New York's 140-Year Affair with Adu...

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What made New York keep a law criminalizing adultery on its books for over a century? Discover the untold story of the state's last adultery conviction in 2010, and why Governor Hochul's pen finally put an end to this peculiar piece of American morality policing in 2024. A tale of scandal, outdated values, and the long shadow of Victorian morality in modern America. #CommonGround

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What made New York keep a law criminalizing adultery on its books for over a century? Discover the untold story of the state's last adultery conviction in 2010, and why Governor Hochul's pen finally put an end to this peculiar piece of American...

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