Doctor Gives Key Testimony in HIV Case, Matching DNA of Victims' Virus With Lover's Strain
For the first time in Texas history and only the third time nationally, DNA sequencing was used to convict a man who knowingly exposed sexual partners to HIV, infecting at least six women.
A jury in Collin County, Texas, found Philippe Padieu, 53, guilty Wednesday on six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors told jurors in closing arguments that Padieu knew he was HIV-positive in the fall of 2005 but continued to have unprotected, "high-risk" sexual intercourse with... Full Story
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