From: usteen@asdf.fi   
      
   Charged with breaking a 1986 Florida law requiring HIV-positive   
   people to disclose that status before engaging in sexual   
   intercourse, Gary Debaun argues that he is innocent on account of   
   same-sex sex acts not being considered sexual intercourse under   
   state law.  A circuit judge agreed with Debaun's argument but   
   was overruled by an appeals court on grounds that the state clearly   
   intended to cover all sex acts in the relevant law, no matter what   
   definitions other Florida laws might apply.  The case has now   
   reached the state's highest court for a ruling.   
      
     Gary Debaun = A gay bed-run   
      
      
   In Australia we have Robin George Knight, a 45-year-old   
   funeral-home director who has pleaded guilty to about a hundred   
   counts of theft and deception.  After getting customers to sign   
   pre-paid funeral contracts with his company, he faked their   
   deaths. More than 70 of them. The insurance money went toward his   
   business costs, among other expenses.  Knight is to spend three or more   
   years in jail, and at least 38 of the not-really-dead customers   
   are out of pocket, with the insurance company refusing to honour the   
   contract when they really do die.   
      
     Robin Knight = Thinking "Rob!"   
      
      
      
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