In some states, consensual sex for people with HIV can end in a prison sentence or being registered as a sex offender.
, which focuses on sexual orientation, gender identity and public policy, has released reports on HIV criminalization in several states, including Louisiana, by requesting information from each local prosecutor’s office.“If someone gets a plea deal, and they plead to a lesser charge, sometimes we’re not able to know which stigmatized disease they’re being prosecuted for if the statute criminalizes both HIV and hepatitis. That makes it a little bit difficult for overall trends.
to limit prosecution to people who had “knowingly” exposed others to HIV, creating a higher burden of proof on prosecutors, and lowered the mandatory minimum sentence from 10 years to three.Under the New York Sex Offender Registration Act , Suttle appeared at a hearing where he argued that it was unconstitutional to apply the state’s reciprocity provision for sex offender registration based on conduct that is not illegal in New York State.
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