TY - JOUR PY - 1999// TI - Biting incident JO - Aids policy and law SP - 16 EP - 16 VL - 14 IS - 21 N2 - Deneen Tyson, an HIV-positive Florida woman, was sentenced to 34 months in prison for biting a police officer who was arresting her for possession of crack cocaine. Tyson pleaded guilty to aggravated battery of a police officer. Three weeks after the crime was committed, harsher penalties were instituted, and Tyson would have faced up to 30 years in prison, instead of a maximum of 45 months.
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