Friday, July 12, 2013

Refugee? A Florida woman refugee status in Canada - 30-year prison sentence in the US

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Source: forums.canadiancontent.net --- Friday, July 12, 2013
Refugee? Florida woman facing 30 years jail for sex with 16-year-old boy stripped of Canadian refugee status | National Post A Florida woman must again make her case for refugee status in Canada after fleeing north of the border to avoid a 30-year prison sentence in the United States for having sex with a 16-year-old boy who was on her son?s baseball team Denise Harvey, 47, came to Canada with her husband in 2010, before she could be sent to prison in Florida, and claimed refugee status saying she faced ?cruel and unusual punishment? from the lengthy prison sentence after her convictions on five counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. The Immigration and Refugee Board granted her asylum, ruling her actions would not constitute a crime if she had carried them out in Canada, a decision that was appealed to the Federal Court of Canada. In a decision released Thursday, Justice Anne Mactavish granted the appeal, stripping Ms. Harvey of her refugee status for now, but allowing her a chance to again argue one element of her case. That was greeted as good news in the State Attorney?s Office in Indian River County. ?We?ve been actively pursuing her but of course we were dead-ended by the Canadian government who granted her refugee status,? said Nikki Robinson, assistant state attorney who was a prosecutor of the original case. A jury heard in 2008 that Ms. Harvey met the victim at her son?s baseball practices and began flirting w ...

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