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1. State v. Davis, 2017-Ohio-733 (2017).

   The Court of Appeals for the Seventh District of Ohio affirmed the sentence of a woman living with HIV (“the appellant”) who pled guilty to two counts of felonious assault after having sex with two men without disclosing her HIV status. The State sought f ...

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2. The PJP Update- May 2017

   News from the Positive Justice Project--read on for updates on state advocacy efforts from state working groups, and updates on the criminal case of Michael Johnson and others. For more information about PJP or the PJP Working Groups, contact us at pjp@hiv ...

   admin - 5/31/2017 11:03am

3. Association of HIV diagnosis rates and laws criminalizing HIV exposure in the United States, Sweeney, P., et. al., AIDS (2017)

   In April 2017, the journal  AIDS  pre-released an article by researchers from the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The article describes findings from their study assessing the relationship between laws criminalizi ...

   admin - 5/9/2017 4:52pm

4. Ending HIV: Stigma, Fear-Based Policing, and Criminalization in Louisiana Through Training of Law Enforcement and Prosecutors, Stefanie Nicole Stephens, Southern University Law Review (2017)

   This law review article summarizes the science of HIV and the historical background of HIV and HIV-related stigmas in the United States (“U.S.”). It delves into statistics about HIV diagnoses in the U.S. and Louisiana, and the disproportionate impact that ...

   admin - 5/9/2017 2:40pm

5. How to Talk About HIV Criminalization to Elected Officials, Media, and Others, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2013)

   How to Talk About HIV Criminalization to Elected Officials, Media, and Others is excerpted from CHLP's Community Advocate Toolkit, a go-to resource for community advocates working on state-level HIV criminalization modernization efforts.  Files How t ...

   admin - 6/14/2017 4:21pm

6. HIV Criminalization: What We Know, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law (2017)

   This fact sheet from The Williams Institute highlights significant findings from its research on HIV criminal laws in California. Conduct criminalized includes condomless anal or vaginal sex with intent to transmit HIV and without HIV status disclosure, a ...

   admin - 4/7/2017 11:18am

7. Fact Sheet: Missouri v. Johnson, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2017)

   In April, the Missouri Supreme Court denied the State’s application for transfer in Michael Johnson’s case.  This upholds the December 20, 2016, decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals reversing his conviction and remanding the case for a new trial. On ...

   admin - 6/16/2017 8:07am

8. The PJP Update- March 2017

   News from the Positive Justice Project--read on for updates on state advocacy efforts from state working groups, news about recent articles and updates on the criminal case of Michael Johnson and more! For more information about PJP or the PJP Working Grou ...

   admin - 3/30/2017 3:13pm

9. Criminalization of HIV Exposure: A Review of Empirical Studies in the United States, Dini Harsono, Carol Galletly, Elaine O'Keefe, Zita Lazzarini, AIDS and Behavior (2017)

   The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) at Yale University has completed an in-depth review of scientific studies on the criminalization of HIV exposure in the United States. The review appears in the current issue AIDS and Behavior.  Din ...

   admin - 3/1/2017 12:29pm

10. The PJP Update- January 2017

    News from the Positive Justice Project--read on for updates on state and federal advocacy efforts, including from state-by-state working groups, and updates on the criminal case of Michael Johnson and more! For more information about PJP or the PJP Working ...

    admin - 1/17/2017 4:09pm

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