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Wow It goes to show how ignorant some people are about HIV, in this day and age of the virus. This is a great shame.
This is a modern day leprosy story filled with hatred. Hate all the diseased victims, scum that they are! Lock them the up, burn them, make them go away along with the fear and reality that we too could become one of them! HIV NEG gay men stigmatize and ostracize POS guys with brutal rejections--why not the Dallas judicial system? Where else other than Dallas, among other places with a history of criminalizing gay men and gay sex.
It seems that he intended to use his saliva as a weapon. Could be that that figured in the judge's decision. Anyway, i agree with most people here that it is wrong, and I assume appeals will be made.
why not just kill him you are taking away his life i would never want to go to texas land of red necks and mean cops they will even kill church people there wow what next burn hiv people at the stake
I think it's unjust, to put a man away for 35 years for that reason..Okay , was it right, NO, but not to do hard time.If you want to punish him, give him a fine or something, but jail, is definiltey no the right thing to do..I cannot believe that people are still so NAIVE about THIS DISEASE.I believe that man should be released,and dealt with in a different manner..
While I don't agree that spitting on a police officer constitutes assault with a deadly weapon what about other std's are you subject to a 35 year prison sentence if you have oral herpes ghonorrea However HIPPA has nothing to do with being arrested in this case HIPPA only controls who has access to your medical information and to whom and for what reason it can be provided to other indivuals or entites. This man volunteered his HIV status to this officer which bypasses those protections
i tested positive for hiv nearly 20 years ago,and i completly agree with the sentencing,except he should serve the total amount without the chance of parol.this man could have bloody gums that will mix with the saliva.
Vic
Wonder why they weren't kind enough to give him a death sentence? I am sure he'll die a horrible death in prison with as poor as HIV care is in most prisons. Well and long before he's seen seventeen and a half years to become eligible for parole... Can't these fools see a cry for help when it hits them in the face???
June 18, 2008 • San Jose CA