Reply To: Sampling Bias (in Royal Marriage Statistics)

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Actually, Yitzchok only had one wife (and no concubines).

What is the halacha if a husband strays with a married woman?

With proper warning and witnesses, halacha prescribes the death penalty. Of course, that didn’t happen very often.

Clairvoyant, where does Treason Act 1351 prescribe the death penalty to Diana for her infidelity? Please quote the exact wording, since I’m not seeing it.

It’s possible that the act only defines the relationship as treasonous and that the penalty for treason is in another act.

Nonetheless, as I pointed out above, it was a moot point as there was no way she would have been prosecuted for it (and certainly no way she would have been executed for it), even if it were discovered in time.

It should also be noted that the death penalty for treason was abolished in the UK in 1998 (which was already after Diana’s death).

The Wolf