
56 - Newport Sex Scandal
The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds
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The Sodomy Laws of the United States
If committed by a white man sodomy was punishable by life in prison and at the discretion of the judge a whipping every three months for the first year. Those laws were maintained into the 19th century. After independence, all 13 states revoked the death penalty for sodomy convictions. Although all adopted laws criminalizing anal sex.
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