Cultural Defense. Assume youre a judge and the following case is presented to you: A Chinese immigrant killed his wife in New York because he suspected her of cheating. A cultural defense was offered, essentially claiming that infidelity so shames a man that he is uncontrollable in his anger. Would this cultural defense have influenced your judgment? In the actual case (reported in Time, December 2, 1993), influenced by an anthropologists testimony that infidelity is so serious in Chinese culture that it pushed the defendant to commit the crime, the judge sentenced the defendant to five years probation. How do you think a jury would decide on this issue today? How do you feel about cultural defenses in general? Are there some cultural defenses youd accept and others you would not?