Nushawn Williams Asks for Trial Delay

The man who spent 12 years in prison for intentionally infecting more than a dozen Chautauqua County residents with HIV in the late 1990s has apparently decided being locked up isn’t all that bad.

Nushawn Williams’ prison term was up nearly two years ago, but the state kept him behind bars under a law that allows them to keep sex offenders confined past their sentences if it’s believed they pose a threat to society.

He had been scheduled for a trial so he could make a case for his release. But his attorney was in court Wednesday asking for the trial to be delayed for a year. He did not specify the reasons for the delay, which the judge did order.

Williams has chosen to remain in the Wende State Correctional Facility rather than in a secure treatment facility during the civil confinement proceedings.

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