These people have been arrested and charged with crimes involving criminal transmission
of HIV and AIDS. Criminal HIV transmission commonly refers to crimes in which a
person knowingly exposes another to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in such a way that the victim was at risk of contracting
an infection. Most cases of criminal HIV transmission can be broken down it three
categories.
Sexual Assault
Crimes that in most cases require convicts to serve a prison term before having
to register as a sex offender for the rest of their lives whether or not they are
HIV positive. These crimes include rape, statutory rape, and other sex crimes that
are made worse when the perpetrator happens to be HIV positive. In some cases knowingly
exposing someone to HIV without disclosing your HIV status constitutes sexual assault
whether or not the victim consented to the act in the first place due to the fact
that if properly informed the victim (in most cases) would not have consented to
the act.
Prostitution
Not always the victimless crime it appears to be due to the fact that many prostitutes
have HIV/AIDS (and other STDs) and don’t tell their customers because they fear
losing business. This is not surprising since most hookers are in business to feed
crystal meth, crack cocaine, heroin, and other drug habits that they consider to
be far more important than their own health let alone anyone else’s.
Spitting and Biting
The least severe type of criminal HIV transmission due to the fact that the likelihood
of infecting someone through saliva is extremely small. Most spiting and biting
cases involve fights in which a HIV positive (usually intoxicated) person recklessly
bites an opponent. In most cases the victim does not get infected and whether or
not the perpetrator intended to infect the other cannot be established. Due to gray
areas in the law many people are charged with felony assault charges with HIV as
a deadly weapon and are sentenced without taking into account the HIV status of
the victim.
Summary
Many people charged with criminal HIV transmission crimes are predatory sex offenders
and drug addicted prostitutes while others seem to be normal mostly law abiding
people that just happened to make a horrible mistake. Hopefully this list will at
the very least help HIV positive people remember to use common sense by not spitting
on or biting people, remind the rest of us that if you must buy companionship to
still have standards, and keep the rightfully registered properly segregated.
Legal Disclaimer:
The AIDS criminals list is compiled from a collection of cited media and police
reports. The sources of the reports are responsible for the validity of the information
contained in the reports and any conclusions that can be derived from that information.
All suspects in ongoing cases are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court
of law.