title: Australia: court reduces prison sentence of person with HIV.
abstract: In August 2002, the Court of Appeals of the state of Victoria, Australia, reduced the non-parole portion of a man's prison sentence from two years to 18 months because imprisonment would be a greater burden on someone with HIV than on a healthy person.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*