This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Ontario’s highest court has overturned three attempted murder convictions for an HIV-positive man accused of trying to infect his sexual partners, citing errors in the trial judge’s instructions to the jury.
It said the judge should have explained Boone could only be found guilty on those counts if jurors believed beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to kill his sexual partners through his actions or thought their death from AIDS was a “virtually certain consequence” of HIV infection.It said prosecutors may decide whether to move ahead with a new trial on those charges, as well as one count of administering a noxious thing – a charge that had been stayed by the trial judge.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
globetoronto Not taking sides here, but Boone was convicted during height of HIV scare, when the virus was considered death sentence. No longer as deadly with new drugs, 14yrs in prison for not disclosing HIV infected/heavy price. Both sides were equally responsible in that risky behaviour
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