HIV/AIDS Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Criminal transmission === {{Main|Criminal transmission of HIV}} Criminal transmission of HIV is the [[intention (criminal law)|intentional]] or [[recklessness (law)|reckless]] infection of a person with the [[human immunodeficiency virus]] (HIV). Some countries or jurisdictions, including some areas of the United States, have laws that criminalize HIV transmission or exposure.<ref>{{cite web |title=HIV-Specific Criminal Laws |url=https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/policies/law/states/exposure.html |website=U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)|access-date=November 22, 2014 |date=June 30, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031203041/http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/policies/law/states/exposure.html |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> Others may charge the accused under laws enacted before the HIV pandemic. In 1996, Ugandan-born Canadian [[Johnson Aziga]] was diagnosed with HIV; he subsequently had unprotected sex with eleven women without disclosing his diagnosis. By 2003, seven had contracted HIV; two died from complications related to AIDS.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aziga found guilty of first-degree murder |date=April 4, 2009 |url=http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/aziga-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder-1.386276 |publisher=CTV.ca News |access-date=April 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204016/http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/aziga-found-guilty-of-first-degree-murder-1.386276 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=HIV killer ruled dangerous offender |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/02/hiv-offender-aziga.html |publisher=CBC News |access-date=April 9, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903081633/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/02/hiv-offender-aziga.html |archive-date=September 3, 2012 }}</ref> Aziga was convicted of [[first-degree murder]] and sentenced to [[Life imprisonment in Canada|life imprisonment]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A fraudster, not a murderer |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=2c6dca9a-cf31-45e0-8bab-510069a10a9d |newspaper=National Post |access-date=April 9, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160515102752/http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=2c6dca9a-cf31-45e0-8bab-510069a10a9d |archive-date=May 15, 2016 |date=March 30, 2010}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page