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The Milton Hershey School announced it will no longer refuse admission to students with HIV. The Pennsylvania school for lower income and socially disadvantaged students, previously denied admission to an HIV-positive teenager. Following a lawsuit by the Philadelphia-area teenager and advice from the U.S. Department of Justice, the school issued an apology and admission offer.

CNN story includes links to CHLP and PJP

CHLP Executive Director, Catherine Hanssens, one of 11 organizations and individuals to receive inaugural Alexander D. Forger award from the American Bar Association.

Press Conference at the International AIDS Conference 2012 in Washington, DC. Wednesday July 25, 10am, Press Conference Room 2.

The Positive Justice Project has issued a joint statement on the urgent need to modernize HIV criminal laws and prosecution policies. Original endorsers include U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke of Michigan.

Thanking PJP for its hard work, Hansen pledges his support for the Consensus Statement and an end to HIV criminalization

Thirty-six members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder expressing their concern over HIV criminalization and calling for a review of laws and policies.

July 24 Panel and Reception at the Global Village at AIDS 2012, cosponsored by IPPF. Allison Nichol from US DOJ to participate.

Attorney Rashida Richardson and Program Manager Roohi Choudhry round out the CHLP team.

Following the decision by the New York Court of Appeals earlier this month that vacated his conviction for aggravated assault on the basis that his saliva was not a "dangerous instrument," David Plunkett was resentenced today and should be released within days.