What someone should do is take the proof to a Prosecuter and ask for the WS and OP to be prosecuted.

Even if it is an antiquated law if it is on the books still it is illegal.

I think the main issue is making sure the information you hand over has been legally obtained.

Many things that are recommended here are not legal.

So I guess hiring a PI would be the best idea.

I can't wait to see someone arrested for this and then prosecuted.

I hope someone in the DA's office does want to make a name for themselves.

Mrs. W<~~~FWW in Michigan doing a happy dance that I returned to our marriage and am the proud owner of an "F" for LIFE!!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey, Mr. W ... Do you think it would make a difference for Sis to just mention it to the prosecutor in HER case? Something along the lines of prosecuting ALL of the felons in this case ....? My guess is that WH and OW both already admitted their relationship when the first incident happened.

Would it have any effect on her sentencing?

Just thinking....

Doubt it. It's irrelevant....just like the "everybody else is doing it defense" HOWEVER I'm not a criminal lawyer so who knows. It's not like she's up against time in jail...it's merely a slap on the wrist and she's already plead guilty. The case is OVER.

BTW, I got an email from good ole Jimm5... that indicated the Statute of Limitations appears to be 6 years in Michigan....meaning they could go back and prosecute old adulterers if they were so inclined. But trust me...that AIN'T gonna happen anytime soon. They would need at least ONE solid unsympathetic test case with rock solid proof first before any Prosecutor in Michigan is going after random waywards.

The way this all actually could likely end up being tested is when someone gets actually charged with Sexual Criminal Conduct (caught doing something in semi-public with their mistess) and they try to weasel out of it saying it was consentual and being carried out in private. The crafty Prosecutor MAY then just end up saying "so what" ... it's adultery, which is a felony and we can prosecute you for CSC 1 anyway". Then the case makes it's way up the Appeals ladder and hopefully sticks (which I doubt).

Mr. Wondering

Perhaps we should consider just instituting sharia law so that we can stone adulterers to death if they are married and punish sex out of wedlock with 100 lashes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia#The_penalty_for_adultery

Adultery is a horrible thing. Adultery has no place in the secular penal code.

Adultery has no place in the secular penal code?

Why ever not?

An adulterer can walk away with half your assets plus spousal support and custody of your kids after giving you an STD.

Sounds like a GREAT place for secular law to intervene.

Sharia law for the win! It's got historical precident. Muhammand and Allah are totally behind you. One more virgin in heaven for each stone thrown!

And the REAL objection to a legal penalty for the rape of your spouse?

There is no objection. God is behind you! Allahu Akhbar!

Well I guess we are all set then.

Mebe,

Penalizing adultery has nothing to do with religion at all. Sure I would probably garner support for it from the religious community, but adultery in today's society is tantamount to Russian Roulette, and in a society where there is no penalty for adultery (as in our civilized western societies) adultery is glamorized and practically revered in media, certainly granted social acceptance. That needs to stop in a big way.

Like you, I have a strong opinion also. Stoning may be extreme for Westerners so how about Penitentiary instead.

The woman who ran over her adulterous husband is serving jailtime, I should have been her lawyer: Betrayed Spouse PTSD is a fact just waiting to be proven in a court of law, adultery is a lethal form of the most insidious domestic abuse. I can't wait to get my law degree! You'll know my true identity when I do. I'll be on a crusade for justice.

10S: If I weren't such a chicken, I probably would have been a good test case for you. I'm SURE I would have met the DSM criteria for PTSD. But baring my soul on this forum is public enough...there's no way I would have gone to trial and subject myself to public scrutiny in my own community. I've been humiliated enough.

That said...I wish you luck! Go out there and kick some wayward a$$.