A married army staff sergeant was charged with two counts of attempted murder in military court after it was discovered that he was having sex with women outside of his marriage without informing them that he is HIV positive. He wore a condom with one par ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:02pm
While tort law has held individuals liable for negligently spreading certain communicable disease since the late 19th century, most recent civil cases in this area has been focused on HIV and, to a lesser extent, herpes. Despite the sometimes near-hysteri ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Brock v. State presented a question of first impression to Alabama courts when the Alabama Attorney General prosecuted Adam Brock for attempted murder after the HIV-positive Mr. Brock bit a prison guard in the midst of a scuffle. At the conclusion of the ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Mubita was convicted of eleven counts of transferring body fluids containing HIV under Idaho statute Idaho Code Ann. §39-608. Mubita received a sentence of four months to four years for each of the eleven counts, carrying a maximum possibility of forty-fo ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Scroggins was convicted of aggravated assault with intent to murder after he allegedly bit a police officer during an arrest. At a hospital after the encounter, Scroggins told a nurse that he is HIV positive. On appeal, the Georgia Court of Appeals upheld ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Thomas was found guilty of transferring body fluid while HIV positive in violation of Idaho law, Idaho Code Ann. § 39-608. Thomas received a maximum fifteen-year sentence, with eligibility for parole in seven years. In 1996, Thomas met C.G., the complaina ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
Dempsey, 34-years-old, was convicted of aggravated criminal assault and criminal exposure to bodily fluids that could transmit HIV after he forced his 9-year-old younger brother to perform oral sex on him. Dempsey received a seven year prison sentence for ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
In this letter (released in October 2010) to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, National People's Action and affiliate organizations that include the NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN) lay out a set of specific recommendation ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 11/14/2017 5:55pm
This journal article discusses the politicization and criminalization of reproduction, specifically the criminal prosecutions of drug use by pregnant women. Some of the prosecutions that women have faced include criminal child endangerment, attempted murd ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm
This article makes the case that State Attorneys General (SAG) have considerable legal powers to protect the public's health, yet their role in the development of health policy is often under-appreciated or misunderstood. The authors assess typical p ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/14/2017 11:17am