Uh huh.
His point is there was a time in this country where such a man would have been at least tarred and feathered, if not hung, for doing what he did.
Today, a spouse can lie, cheat, and steal, while committing adultery, then shack up with his/her paramour, and expect 50% of the property, and equal custody of the kids....
As a culture we give ZERO consequences to persons who by basic human standards should at least be shunned from normal society, if not worse. In many ways we are a people who has abandoned justice.
Did she have a right to take the law in her own hands? No. However, this is an area now, entirely lawless in America—and arguably the adulterer did get what he deserved.
Uh huh.
My first wife and her lover planned and schemed for two years to financially ruin me and get away with the assets. With a two year jump of infidelity, she almost succeeded. I survived but she and her lover were rewarded for their planning and dishonesty because once a divorce decree is given, it is very hard to have it reversed for any reason. Her dishonesty and infidelity were rewarded handsomely. Fair? Not really...the cards are stacked against the man.