Use science, not stigma, to determine the next steps for Nushawn Williams (Commentary)

Use science, not stigma, to determine the next steps for Nushawn Williams (Commentary)
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
By Dr. William M. Valenti and Anne Kelsey
Dr. William M. Valenti is a New York state-licensed physician in practice in Rochester. He has worked in HIV medicine, research and HIV health policy since 1981. Anne Kelsey is a staff attorney at the Center for HIV Law and Policy, in Brooklyn.
In 1999, Nushawn Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of statutory rape and two counts of reckless endangerment for having sex while HIV positive at the age of 19 and 20 years old. He served the full sentence of 12 years, but days before his scheduled release from prison in 2010 he was served with a petition to continue his imprisonment as a “dangerous sex offender” under New York’s civil commitment law.

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