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Canadian Supreme Court modifies HIV exposure crime

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October 5, 2012
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The Canadian Supreme Court ruled today in R. v. Mabior [2012 SCC 47] that the law criminalizing failure to disclose HIV positive status to a sexual partner was constitutional only in situations where a realistic risk of transmission could be proved.  In a 1998 decision, the court had ruled that failure to disclose vitiated the [...]

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