Nushawn Williams who spreads HIV ma
nushawn j. williams, a new york man, who was convicted of knowingly infecting at least 13 women with the aids virus has completed his 12-year prison sentence on tuesday, but he may face civil confinement as a sex offender, according to the new york times reports.
attorney general andrew cuomo is seeking to keep him in custody under a three-year-old state law that permits the civil confinement of sex offenders.
williams’s status is likely to be determined at a civil jury trial, which will decide whether he suffers from a mental abnormality that requires confinement at a psychiatric facility or release under intensive supervision. he could also forgo a trial by entering into an agreement with the state.
williams’s case received nationwide attention after it first became public in 1997, leading to debate about his culpability in spreading a potentially fatal sexually transmitted disease.
it even led to the passage of a law requiring doctors and laboratories to report to the state the names of people who test positive for hiv.
it is reported that health officials informed williams of his hiv status in 1996, but three years later, in a television interview from the clinton correctional facility in dannemora, n.y., he expressed denial about his h.i.v. status, saying, "i still don’t even know if i got it now," adding of the women he slept with, "yeah, i gave them a death sentence, but it wasn’t knowingly."
source: agencies
attorney general andrew cuomo is seeking to keep him in custody under a three-year-old state law that permits the civil confinement of sex offenders.
williams’s status is likely to be determined at a civil jury trial, which will decide whether he suffers from a mental abnormality that requires confinement at a psychiatric facility or release under intensive supervision. he could also forgo a trial by entering into an agreement with the state.
williams’s case received nationwide attention after it first became public in 1997, leading to debate about his culpability in spreading a potentially fatal sexually transmitted disease.
it even led to the passage of a law requiring doctors and laboratories to report to the state the names of people who test positive for hiv.
it is reported that health officials informed williams of his hiv status in 1996, but three years later, in a television interview from the clinton correctional facility in dannemora, n.y., he expressed denial about his h.i.v. status, saying, "i still don’t even know if i got it now," adding of the women he slept with, "yeah, i gave them a death sentence, but it wasn’t knowingly."
source: agencies