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Super infector: with the U.S. epidemic larger--and Blacker--than it's ever been, the growing consensus among health officials and community activists alike is that the only way to stop the spread of AIDS is to control the behavior of those who already have it.(Cover Story)

Colorlines Magazine

| December 22, 2005 | Wright, Kai | COPYRIGHT 2005 Color Lines Magazine. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Garry Wayne Carriker had a pretty promising life ahead of him. He'd graduated from the Air Force Academy back in 2001 and at age 26 was prepared to graduate from Emory University's prestigious medical school this past spring. He probably never dreamed he'd instead spend most of the year sitting in an Atlanta jail. But at summer's end, that's just where he was, awaiting trial on three counts of a sex-crime that could get him 30 years behind bars.

Carriker's not a rapist or a child molester, but many consider his alleged crime equally horrific. The Atlanta attorney who is representing one of Carriker's seeming victims in a civil suit compared his actions to ...

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