Justinian's legislations also expanded the rights of women in divorce and property ownership, instituted the death penalty for rape, forbade exposure of unwanted infants, gave mothers some guardianship rights over their children, and forbade the killing of a wife who committed adultery. Though her specific involvement in these legal reforms is not recorded, Procopius, in "Wars", mentioned that she was naturally inclined to assist women in misfortune, and according to "Secret History", she championed the wives' causes when their husbands charged them with adultery ("SH" 17).