this is a better story, more info.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle4591389/
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Specifically, today's decisions said that in order to obtain a conviction for aggravated sexual assault, the Crown must show that an accused person failed to disclose his or her HIV status despite there being "a realistic possibility" of transmission.
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Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, said his coalition was "dismayed and shocked by the Supreme Court’s decision.
"It is a step backward for public health and for human rights," Mr. Elliott said. "The Supreme Court has ignored the solid science and has opened the door to convictions for non-disclosure even where the risk of transmission is negligible – in the realm of 1 in 100,000."
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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