Australia: court reduces prison sentence of person with HIV.
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.
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D001315:Australia; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*