美国16个州仍然将通奸定为犯罪,5个州将通奸视为重罪,尽管定罪很少。 16 U.S. states still criminalize adultery, with 5 treating it as a felony, though convictions are rare.

在美国,16个州仍然有将婚姻不忠定为犯罪的法律,5个州——伊达霍州、马萨诸塞州、密歇根州、俄克拉荷马州和威斯康辛州——将不忠视为重罪,最高可判处三年监禁。 In the U.S., 16 states still have laws criminalizing marital infidelity, with five states—Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin—treating it as a felony punishable by up to three years in prison. 大多数其他国家视其为轻罪,处罚较轻。 Most other states consider it a misdemeanor with lesser penalties. 尽管有这些法律,但定罪却很少,最后一例是1983年在马萨诸塞州。 Despite these laws, convictions are rare, with the last one occurring in Massachusetts in 1983. 最近纽约在117年后废除了其通奸法。 New York recently repealed its adultery law after 117 years.