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Criminal Affairs

Dave Banks of Glendale, Ariz., alleges that his wife started cheating on him over ten years ago. “She’s had seven or eight affairs that I know of,” he says. He stayed in the marriage for their two sons, but has now filed in court — not for divorce, but to demand the state’s criminal anti-adultery law be enforced. It took Banks “years” to convince police to file charges. “If they used it all the time, maybe women or men would think twice about going and jumping in the sack and throwing away their marriage,” he said. His wife, Traci, admits to two affairs, and says they have not been living together, but they are still legally married because she can’t afford to file for a divorce. Detectives have told Banks that prosecutors will not likely pursue a conviction. “How do they get to pick and choose which laws they can and can’t enforce?” Banks complains. “They got somebody readily admitting guilt. Seems to me that’s a rubber stamp right through the court system.” The detective also told him, “It’s about time she got on with her life and you get on with yours.” (MS/KPHO Phoenix) ...The problem is, you have to have a life to get on with.