No jail for wife beater because her infidelity dishonored him.

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"Now, the adultery of the woman is a very serious attack on the honor and dignity of the man," the ruling, signed by Judge Joaquim Neto de Moura, said. "It was the disloyalty and the sexual immorality of the plaintiff that made (the defendant) fall into a profound depression, and it was in this depressive state and clouded by the revolt that carried out the act of aggression, as was well considered in the judgment under appeal." The judges also cited the Bible and its passages "that the adulterous woman must be punished by death."

Yikes. I hope this fanaticism isn't going to spread much in Portugal.

Ranb

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