Notorious H.I.V.The real story behind the Nushawn Williams case: media distortions, judicial contortions, ruined lives In the fall of 1997, public authorities in Chautauqua County, New York, were granted an exception to the states HIV confidentiality lawand released Nushawn Williamss name and picture to the press, deeming him a public health threat, the source of a near epidemic of HIV transmission. Williams, who is HIV positive, had unprotected sex with many young