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#1

HIV+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 8:09am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/hiv_positive_suspect


This story really bothers me. It is almost impossible to spread HIV via saliva, there has never been a documented case of the virus being spread in that manner.
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#4

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:03am

it goes back to intent. is the man who tries to poison someone guilty of attempted murder if the poison is defective?
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#5

re: HIV+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:04am

I assuming they would've had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was trying to give the cop HIV when he spit on them. How the hell would they prove that?
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#6

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:10am

squad car video and audio of the man screaming, "i've got AIDS and now so will you!!!" or something to that effect.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#7

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:26am

Seriously? Yeah, that might do it.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
#8

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 9:52am

oh i don't know if that exists, i was talking theoretically.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#10

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 2:56pm

I mean, if I had strep throat and spit -- technically, strep throat CAN kill you, and you actually COULD get that from spit...would it get the same sentence?

I think we know what this is really about.
#11

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 3:00pm

the fact that he wouldn't swallow?
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty

pray to st. jude

i'm a sonic reducer

he was the gimmicky sort

fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#12

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 3:02pm

But if saliva doesn't carry enough of the virus to pose any credible threat, how can you make the case that it is a 'deadly weapon', even with intent.

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#13

hiv+ man sentenced to 35 years for spitting on officer

Posted: 5/15/08 at 3:09pm

An HIV-positive man with a history of spitting at police officers and biting fellow jail inmates was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday.

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"He turns and spits," Officer Waller said. "He hits me in the eye and mouth. Then he told me he has AIDS. I immediately began looking for something to flush my eyes with."
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