Knowingly exposing others to HIV will no longer be a felony in California

[MrFanti]

http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gov-brown-downgrades-from-felony-to-1507331544-htmlstory.html

[filghy2]

As the article notes, there is no other communicable disease for which this is a felony rather than a misdemeanour. I'm not sure what the right approach is, but it's more complicated than the headline might imply.

[SanDiegoPervySage]

They better hope this new law encourages others to get tested and infection rates decrease. Someone who simply has it is obviously not a criminal. Someone who knowingly exposes someone to HIV is a criminal. No way around it. As of right now, I think it should still be a felony.

[Budweiser]

Sounds like a fairly typical Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown idea.

[legault]

This is what happens when communists run your state ��

[frosty51]

As the article notes, there is no other communicable disease for which this is a felony rather than a misdemeanour. I'm not sure what the right approach is, but it's more complicated than the headline might imply.

I think that would be a good argument to make knowingly exposing people to certain other diseases (incurable, lethal ones) felonies as well rather than downgrading the criminality of knowingly exposing someone to HIV.

[dakota87]

They better hope this new law encourages others to get tested and infection rates decrease. Someone who simply has it is obviously not a criminal. Someone who knowingly exposes someone to HIV is a criminal. No way around it. As of right now, I think it should still be a felony.
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