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Court: Italian Women Can Lie About Adultery

Judges say they can fib, even to police, to protect their honor

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 8, 2008 3:05 PM CST

(Newser) – Italian adulterers have made their bed, and now the country’s top appeals court says they can lie in it: The Court of Cassation has ruled that married women can tell fibs to cover up an affair to protect their honor, the BBC reports. The... Read full story »

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