Hiv Crime

AIDS Patient's Spit Deemed Deadly Weapon: Laws Target HIV-positive Suspects

AP | By DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.04.2012

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By DAVID CRARY/ The Associated Press NEW YORK -- A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer – because h...

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HIV Is Not a Crime... Or Is It?

Eric Sawyer | Posted 02.18.2012

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Eric Sawyer

HIV criminalization laws place the burden of responsibility for disclosure of HIV status and the negotiation of condom use solely on HIV-positive individuals. They absolve the HIV-negative or untested of responsibility for their own health or the health of others.

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