New York, June 28, 2012 – The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), representing the nation's chief state health agency staff who administer HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis healthcare, prevention, and related programs across the country, joined The Center for HIV Law and Policy and HIV Law Project in a friend-of-the-court brief in support of post-conviction relief for Nick Rhoades, an HIV-positive Iowan man sentenced to 25 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration for consensual sex.