1974... That was right around the time that the first crop of liberally oriented students were reaching voting age wasn't it?
Bob On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:58 AM, David Bovill wrote: > Nah... I'm not moving to Texas. You've gone soft! In the 70's you could > shout your wife for infidelity and get away with it. > > In Texas until 1974, a husband who killed a wife and her lover when he > caught them in flagrante delicto was not judged a criminal. In fact, the law > held that a "reasonable man" would respond to such extreme provocation with > acts of violence. - > source<http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-92216.html> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode