Citation

AIDS Policy Law 1999; 14(21): 16.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Buraff Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11367115

Abstract

Jerome Murphy, an HIV-positive Illinois man, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for splattering 2 police officers with his blood and threatening to give them AIDS. The police were called to Murphy's apartment after receiving a report about an attempted suicide. Murphy pleaded guilty to attempted transmission of HIV in a plea bargain agreement, and the prosecutor dropped the more serious charge of attempted battery of a police officer. The officers show no sign of infection to date.

Language: en