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Old 05-16-08, 01:13 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Re: HIV-positive man sentenced 35 years for spitting at officer

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He has shown a pattern of conduct with doing this to another officer and other prison inmates. This is not an isolated case.
But that doesn't mean he was trying to give them HIV. In fact, since he's done it before he probably knows fully well that they can't get HIV from it.

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I also think it's a bit overzealous to say it's a sure thing one couldn't get AIDS by having a victim spit in one's eye and mouth.
That's not how HIV is transmitted.
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