Nation IN BRIEF : OREGON : Man Gets Prison Term in AIDS Case
A man accused of trying to infect nine children with AIDS through sex pleaded no contest to reduced charges and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adam Lee Brown of Roseburg, Ore., faced 43 charges, including attempted murder, rape and penetration with a foreign object. Brown, 31, entered no-contest pleas to three counts of sodomy and one count of reckless endangerment. He has AIDS, but none of the children, who all lived in Brown’s neighborhood, have tested positive for the virus that causes the disease. William Marshall, Douglas County deputy district attorney, said concern for the victims was a factor in his decision to enter into the plea arrangement.
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