Two ongoing prosecutions in Michigan noted in this excellent piece highlighting the problems of overly broad HIV criminalisation
US: Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to HIV non-disclosure; female complainant, now living with HIV, wants to change HIV law into a sex crime
US: Florida man with HIV and hepatitis B charged with non-disclosure prior to sex with ‘Craigslist’ woman
Russia: Bryansk court rules 3-year probation and a fine for a man who allegedly transmitted HIV
US: Man, 28, pleads guilty to reckless endangerment for ‘exposing’ two women to HIV, despite undetectable viral load
US: After dispute over whether ‘sexual intercourse’ includes sex between men, the meaning of another part of Florida’s HIV-specific law is challenged again. Is HIV non-disclosure to two women a single crime?
Colombia: Man sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in Bogota for alleged HIV transmission
US: Ohio man who pled guilty to HIV non-disclosure sentenced to five years’ probation for felonious assault, angering the complainant
Russia: in Volga area, man was sentenced to 2 years and 15 days for perceived HIV transmission
English version – Translation (For Russian version, please scroll down)
In the Samara region, a man has been sentenced for the deliberate transmission of HIV. The Zhigulyovsk City Court found a local resident guilty. He was put on record as HIV infected in 2008 and was warned of criminal liability if he will pass the virus to a healthy person.
Despite this, according to the materials of the criminal case, in early 2014, a man entered into a sexual relationship with his girlfriend. He didn’t tell her of his diseases.
The verdict of the court to the man is 2 years 15 days’ imprisonment in a penal colony, according to the prosecutor’s office of the Samara region.
В Самарской области вынесен приговор по делу об умышленном заражении ВИЧ-инфекцией. Городской суд Жигулевска признал в этом виновным местного жителя. Он был поставлен на учет в 2008 году и предупрежден об уголовной ответственности, если он передаст вирус здоровому человеку.
Несмотря на это, согласно материалам уголовного дела, в начале 2014 года мужчина вступил в сексуальную связь со своей подругой. О наличии у него заболевания он ей не сообщил.
Приговор суда, назначенный мужчине, – 2 года 15 дней лишения свободы в колонии-поселении, сообщает прокуратура Самарской области.
Originally published in ТК Терра