34-year-old Man

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Charge:	HIV Exposure (deliberately exposing people to HIV infection)
Sentence:	18 months
Years Imprisoned:	1
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Year Cleared:	2009
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Switzerland
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of exposing a partner to the AIDS virus by having unprotected sex. The man, who was unnamed, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. On appeal an expert testified that there was only a 1 in a 100,000 chance he could pass the virus through unprotected sex. In March 2009 the appeals court overturned his conviction, ruling that under the Swiss law there must have been a realistic possibility he could have passed the AIDS virus by unprotected sex."
Conviction Caused By:	Trial judges misunderstanding of the law's application.
Innocence Proved By:	In March 2009 the appeals court overturned his conviction.
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Age When Imprisoned:	34
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"Swiss court accepts that criminal HIV exposure is only 'hypothetical' on successful treatment, quashes conviction, By Edward J Bernard, AIDSmap, February 25, 2009"
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34-year-old Man

Charge:

HIV Exposure (deliberately exposing people to HIV infection)

Sentence:

18 months

Years Imprisoned:

1

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2009

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Switzerland

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Trial judges misunderstanding of the law's application.

Innocence Proved By:

In March 2009 the appeals court overturned his conviction.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

34

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"Swiss court accepts that criminal HIV exposure is only 'hypothetical' on successful treatment, quashes conviction, By Edward J Bernard, AIDSmap, February 25, 2009"

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http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/CEFD90F2-34F1-4570-B9CF-1F0DB462AC9D.asp

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