AEGiS-UPI: HIV rapist gets 4-12 years

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HIV rapist gets 4-12 years

United Press International - Monday, April 5, 1999

MAYVILLE, N.Y., April 5 (UPI) -- NuShawn Williams, the man who made national headlines after it was discovered he intentionally infected more than a dozen western New York woman with the HIV virus, has been sentenced to four to 12 years in state prison.

The 22-year-old New York City native was sentenced today in Chautauqua County Court in Mayville on two counts of rape and one count of reckless endangerment.

In a plea bargain, Williams pleaded guilty to having unprotected sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Williams made no statement in court, but he smiled and mugged for television cameras.

His lawyer says Williams doesn't think he'll outlive his prison term.

Williams is currently serving a jail term for selling crack cocaine in New York City.
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