Published July, 2012
Letter to U.S. Attorney General from U.S. Congress Members Demanding Review of Laws Involving HIV/AIDS Criminalization (2012)
Thirty-six members of the United States Congress signed a letter addressed to United States Attorney General Eric Holder expressing their concern that "current state and federal laws lag far behind scientific discoveries in the fight against HIV/AIDS." The Congress members asked that the Department of Justice modernize its policies, regulations and laws involving cases that criminalize HIV to reflect current scientific knowledge.
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