In December, a court acquitted Nengsy Lim, 45, for the crime of “nagging” her husband. The Indonesian woman had been charged with causing her husband psychological harm with her repeated scoldings. A guilty verdict could have resulted in a one-year prison sentence.

The case is the harbinger of a growing trend in the United States.

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