missouri is treating hiv. >> and you're saying for example, if you infect someone with syphilis or something else, even though there is treatment for it, that they are there shall there is no sentence for that. >> there is in the sense that you can be charged with reckless conduct. that hurts another another person. that's always been the standard that we've had. if you knowingly infected somebody else with syphilis trying to hurt them, that's criminal and you could be prosecuted for that. but with aids, and with hiv, we changed the rules because people got panicky about it because of its uncurable nature. >> he said he didn't disclose his hiv status because of fear of rejection. how is that a defense? >> it's not a defense. he may say his partner got it from somebody else. who knows what he will say at