U.S. Congress Members Call on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to Modernize Laws Involving HIV/AIDS Criminalization (2012)
July 24, 2012
Thirty-six members of the United States Congress signed a letter addressed to United States Attorney General Eric Holder expressing their concern that "current state and federal laws lag far behind scientific discoveries in the fight against HIV/AIDS." The Congress members asked that the Department of Justice modernize its policies, regulations and laws involving cases that criminalize HIV to reflect current scientific knowledge.
A copy of the signed letter can be downloaded here.