Lets say (hypothetically), you have AIDS and you just dont give a sh#* about giving it to anyone. If you choose to have unprotected sex and therefore give it to someone, are you commiting murder?
2006-06-10 23:08:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
In certain states you can press charges on a person for that.
2006-06-11 00:01:11 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Actually there have been cases where a person has been arrested for doing just this. I remember someone who was told they did not have long to live and had the HIV virus. They went on a binge to see how many people they could infect.
Basically the HIV person who deliberately does this is using a deadly weapon on an unknowing person. But, as for charging with murder that is another story. I do not think anyone with HIV has lived long enough to see the ones they put at risk die. They died first.
2006-06-11 10:23:26 · answer #2 · answered by Need an answer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the best of my knowledge, if a person who knows that they have HIV/ AIDS has unprotected sex with a partner and does not tell them, they can either be charged with aggravated assault or reckless endangerment. If the person dies before the charges are brought on by the state, then the charges are escalated to manslaughter.
2006-06-11 19:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person infected with HIV/AIDS spits on someone, that's 'attempted murder'. I'd think it SHOULD be a law against any type of swapping of bodily fluids of HIV/AIDS patients. Anyone who deliberately infects someone else has a room at the Asylum reserved for them.
2006-06-11 19:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can be charged with murder there are people in prisons now for doing just that well not actually murder is the charge they call it something else maybe even attempted murder but not murder cause you just gave them aids they haven't died from it yet
2006-06-11 06:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by miss wright 05 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I think that if somebody did that they could face a murder charge if it was proven that they were aware of their health status at the time they had unprotected sexual intercourse and the other person was unaware of their partners HIV status.
2006-06-11 15:33:56 · answer #6 · answered by tiger lilly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the state reside yes. If you do not inform a partner that you have AIDS before intercourse you can be charged. So hypothetically if you have AIDS protect yourself and your partner.
2006-06-11 10:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by mini me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And the worst kind of murder, Premeditated. You thought it out and you planned it. Knowing you have it and not telling the person so they can make a CHOICE, is murder.
2006-06-12 12:47:32 · answer #8 · answered by Brandy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is yes. Here is a link to a webpage covering the case of Sean Reynald White, who was charged with murder and aggravated assault related to his knowingly infecting women with the HIV virus
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1519209&nav=2CSfJ28B
2006-06-11 06:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by Raynanne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is completely illegal to intentionally transmit aids or hiv but murder charges could only be filed once the person dies and there's no definte way to prove who a person contracted from so you could file the charges but it would be hard to make them stick
2006-06-11 19:07:26 · answer #10 · answered by shayeshaye 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every state now has laws against this type of behavior. Some states classify it more harshly than others, though. But regardless, it's illegal and reprehensible.
2006-06-11 08:10:45 · answer #11 · answered by Bob S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋