BC Court of Appeal refuses to reduce sentence for HIV-positive prisoner.
On 9 May 2002, the BC Court of Appeal released its decision in a prisoner's sentencing appeal where the Crown and the defence agreed that the original sentence was illegal, and differed in their positions as to the appropriate sentence by only one day. That one day meant the difference between serving the sentence in a provincial jail as opposed to a federal penitentiary.
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D001955:British Columbia; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011678:Punishment