# HIV-positive woman jailed for having unprotected sex **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-positive-woman-jailed-for-having-unprotected-sex/240554 "2004-04-17T19:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-positive-woman-jailed-for-having-unprotected-sex/240554/1 "2004-04-17T19:50:48Z")
[Link](http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=1790865) > [@](#): > > Adair, 24, is in the Garfield County jail for something many may not even realize is a crime – exposing someone to a venereal disease. I’ve never heard of the venereal disease law. Though purposefully lying like this about being HIV-positive, IMHO, should be punishable. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-positive-woman-jailed-for-having-unprotected-sex/240554/2 "2004-04-17T20:11:12Z")
I vaguely recall a case a while back about an HIV infected guy who deliberately had unprotected sex with a number of women for the purpose of infecting them, and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Cue lots of “penis/weapon” jokes. ---
**Author:** ![Starguard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Starguard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starguard)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-positive-woman-jailed-for-having-unprotected-sex/240554/3 "2004-04-17T20:55:53Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > I vaguely recall a case a while back about an HIV infected guy who deliberately had unprotected sex with a number of women for the purpose of infecting them, and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. > > Cue lots of “penis/weapon” jokes. That sick bastards name was Darnell McGee. He was a gang member who lived in detroit that was killed back in 1997 by a car jacker named Montrell Worthy. Here is a link that should lead to an entire webpage about this sick fucker [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=DARNELL+MCGEE&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-tab-web-t&cop=mss&tab=](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=DARNELL+MCGEE&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-tab-web-t&cop=mss&tab=) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-positive-woman-jailed-for-having-unprotected-sex/240554/4 "2004-04-17T21:10:56Z")
> [@Starguard](#): > > about this sick fucker Sick fucker? I guess so… ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiv-positive-woman-jailed-for-having-unprotected-sex/240554/5 "2004-04-18T01:48:39Z")
As far as I know, it’s a crime everywhere to knowingly infect someone with HIV. And I believe if the infected dies before you do, you can even be charged with murder. Of course, the key is in the intent. If you didn’t intend to infect someone (i.e., wearing a condom) I don’t think anything can be done.