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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / April 200818 year jail sentence for "spreading HIV"
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/04/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Sexual-Assault.php>: ----- Begin Quote ----- A man convicted of knowingly spreading the virus that causes AIDS was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Carl Leone pleaded guilty to 15 counts last April after failing to inform his sexual partners of his HIV status. Leone, 32, discovered he was HIV positive in 1997, seven years before he was arrested on June 6, 2004. Five of Leone's 15 victims have been infected with HIV. On Friday, Superior Court Justice Joseph Quinn handed Leone 15 consecutive sentences totaling 49 years a number Quinn reduced to 18 years to better reflect sentencing guidelines laid out in Canada's Criminal Code. Quinn told the court that Leone's age, his lack of a criminal record and the fact he pleaded guilty to spare his victims the trauma of testifying were factors in his sentence. The judge did not declare Leone a dangerous offender, a designation that would have jailed him indefinitely. He will be eligible for parole in six years. His name will be added to Ontario's sex offender registry. At his hearing in February, Leone expressed remorse and said he hopes he can be forgiven and one day return to his community. Defense lawyer Andrew Bradie said Friday that he would not appeal. ----- End Quote -----  Signature<http://www.hiv-poz.co.uk/> Moible: +447939991519 4,830 days and counting... Martin wrote... > <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/04/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Sexual-Assault.php>: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > years to better reflect sentencing guidelines laid out in Canada's > Criminal Code... Some countries like Italy actually forbid prison sentences for HIV/AIDS patients, leading to gangs of HIV+ bank robbers who are repeatedly caught and released to rob more banks. Here in the USA there is no actual prohibition on incarcerating HIV carriers, but there is a prohibition on quarantining them within separate prison wards (it violates their civil rights), so the tendency is towards leniency to keep them out of prison so they don't infect the other prisoners and cost the state trillions in medical treatment. I personally know a transexual crack whore who was caught whoring itself for crack in Los Angeles, and even though he was a known HIV patient and thus in violation of the law that prohibits prostitution by HIV-infected individuals, he was only charged with "loitering" because of the legal implications of charging him with the imprisonable offense of knowingly spreading HIV via prostitution. >Martin wrote... >> <http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/04/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Sexual-Assault.php>: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >patients, leading to gangs of HIV+ bank robbers who are repeatedly caught >and released to rob more banks. Apparently so: I mentioned it in a previous article, see <210.1206398148.20080324@hiv-poz.co.uk>. I'd be surprised if that's still the case in Italy, though. >Here in the USA there is no actual prohibition on incarcerating HIV carriers, >but there is a prohibition on quarantining them within separate prison wards >(it violates their civil rights), so the tendency is towards leniency to keep them >out of prison so they don't infect the other prisoners and cost the state >trillions in medical treatment. It's about time the US woke up and sniffed some of the coffee aroma. But why should it? When it comes to HIV everyone is a winner; that's why the HIV bandwagon is so full, despite the wheels falling off. HIV makes governments who spend money on funding the infected look good; it gives all the caring fund raisers a warm, fuzzy, feeling inside; and it gives millions of people a nice income. I've previously mentioned that it wouldn't surprise me if HIV hangers-on don't vastly outnumber those infected with the killer virus. Even HIV patients who are being poisoned by their caring HIV doctors are winners in the HIV game because there's lots of money sloshing around out there to help them with everything they need. >I personally know a transexual crack whore who was caught whoring itself >for crack in Los Angeles, and even though he was a known HIV patient and >thus in violation of the law that prohibits prostitution by HIV-infected >individuals, he was only charged with "loitering" because of the legal >implications of charging him with the imprisonable offense of knowingly >spreading HIV via prostitution. You, and others scared of HIV, should take responsibly for your own actions. If you believe the HIV lie, and don't want to become infected, don't do any of the activities associated with its transmission. I resent the way you imply I should give punters a run down of my medical history moments before they hand over cash and butt-f.ck me against a restroom wall. Signature<http://www.hiv-poz.co.uk/> Moible: +447939991519 4,831 days and counting... |
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