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[-] otter@lemmy.ca 52 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Ah it's different from what I originally assumed

https://scholar.smu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4072&context=smulr

(See page 509)

  • knowledge isn't necessary, just assumptions

  • "need not be committed while in the heat of passion"

  • "The statute also uses the phrase "before the parties ... have separated." This has been interpreted to mean only that the parties are still in each other's company, not that they are still united in the act of copulation"

  • "while the husband may justifiably kill his wife's paramour," he may not [...] inflict serious bodily injury (mutulation) upon the paramour without an intent to kill"

  • "Further, the wife is not justified in taking the life of her husband's mistress"

[-] Seleni@lemmy.world 56 points 6 months ago

Boy, rules for thee but not for me. The wife can’t kill a woman she finds sleeping with her husband?

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Given all I know of modern Texas history, politics, and conservatism this isn't surprising in the slightest.

I'd say there's a 50/50 chance the GOP try to bring it back.

[-] variants@possumpat.io 7 points 6 months ago

So just the husband then

[-] shasta@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

Yeah they are oddly progressive when it comes to the rights of sex workers. And no, men are not allowed to be sex workers.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

“while the husband may justifiably kill his wife’s paramour," he may not […] inflict serious bodily injury (mutulation) upon the paramour without an intent to kill”

Always cool when the law's like "yeah, you better be trying to kill him when you fuck him up"

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

"No, you cant take your time!"

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Wow, that's significantly worse than I thought at first blush. Basically straight up permission to murder any man in the company of your wife.

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