Not as harsh? Both of them call for death in the case of adultery or kidnapping.
Originally Posted by WombRaider
You might want to "revisit" the older "laws" in this country regarding "a man" finding "his wife" having sex with "another man." How about "kidnapping" a horse in the "old West"? "Cattle rustling"? The penal code carried forward the notion of "stealing meat" as being a felony*.
Wikipedia is kinda short on history sometimes. So you appear STUPID.
*Tex. Penal Code: 31.03(e)(5)..a felony of the third degree if the ... the property is:
(A) cattle, .....stolen during a single transaction and having an aggregate value of
less than $100,000;".....
The point is ... archaic mores seem to "creep" into contemporary jurisprudence, because it is considered offensive to the current society. The "gravity" of the offense may vary, in which case the punishment will follow suit. One ought not to look at ancient laws in the context of today's standards of behavior or even today's "cultural correctness."