Archive for the tag "criminalisation"

Intentionally spreading HIV: Britain clears up the confusion (18/03/08)

Some US States may be adding “sex offender” to the charge sheet of HIV-infected people having unprotected sex, but Britain is heading in the opposite direction. At least I think so.
New guidance issued by the Crown Prosecution Service suggests that people can’t be convicted for one-off acts of risk or folly. The original law [...]

Should people who have unprotected sex live near schools? (17/03/08)

Anyone convicted in South Dakota of intentionally exposing a sex partner to HIV will have to sign up as a sex offender, according to a bill signed into law today.
The AP reports this as though a person has to infect their partner before they become a sex offender, but the law appears to cast [...]