Ana hasashen canjin majalisa.
A karkashin wata doka ta 1907, zina har yanzu laifi ne a jihar New York, inji rahoton AP. Ana hasashen canjin doka, bayan haka za a jefar da rubutu a ƙarshe.
Har yanzu ana ɗaukar zina a matsayin laifi a wasu jihohin Amurka, kodayake tuhumar da ake yi a kotu ba safai ba ne kuma ba a cika samun hukunci ba.
Nassosin shari'a sun ƙare daga lokacin da zina ita ce kawai dalilin kashe aure.
Bisa ga dokar New York na 1907, ma'anar zina ita ce lokacin da "mutumin da matarsa ke raye ya shiga dangantaka ta kud da kud da wani". Dangantaka da mai aure ko matar aure ma zina ce. Bayan ’yan makonni bayan da aka zartar da dokar a shekara ta 1907, an kama wani mai aure da wata mace ’yar shekara 25. Matar mutumin ta shigar da kara kotu domin a sake shi, kamar yadda jaridar New York Times ta ruwaito.
Tun daga shekara ta 1972, mutane goma sha biyu ne kawai aka tuhume su da laifin zina kuma wasu shari'o'i biyar ne kawai aka yanke musu hukunci. An shigar da karar zina ta ƙarshe a New York a cikin 2010.
A cewar Kathryn B. Silbaugh, farfesa a fannin shari’a a Jami’ar Boston, an yi amfani da dokar zina ne ga mata don a hana su yin jima’i da ba a yi aure ba, don haka a hana yin tambayoyi game da ainihin iyayen yara. "Bari mu sanya shi ta wannan hanyar: babakere," in ji Silbo.
Ana sa ran majalisar dattijai za ta duba wannan sauyi nan ba da jimawa ba, inda daga nan ne za a mika shi ga sa hannun gwamnan jihar New York.
Yawancin jihohin da har yanzu suna da dokokin zina suna ɗaukarsa a matsayin laifi. Koyaya, Oklahoma, Wisconsin da Michigan har yanzu suna ɗaukar zina a matsayin babban laifi. Jihohi da yawa, ciki har da Colorado da New Hampshire, sun soke dokokin zina, kamar yadda New York ta yi. Tambayar ko haramcin zina bai sabawa kundin tsarin mulkin kasar ba yana nan a bude, in ji kamfanin dillacin labarai na Associated Press.
Hoto mai kwatanta Mateusz Walendzik: https://www.pexels.com/photo/manhattan-skyscrapers-at-night-17133002/
