Florida sex offender granted asylum in Canada

A Florida sex offender, who claimed asylum in Saskatchewan, has been granted protected person status. In 2008, Denise Harvey was convicted of having unlawful sex with a minor. According to American media reports, the boy was 16-years-old and played on her son's baseball team.

Harvey fled to Canada in 2010 before she could be sent to prison. She was sentenced to 30 years in jail and is still wanted in the United States. Harvey claimed her sentence was cruel and unusual punishment and after arriving in Saskatchewan, she asked for asylum.

Her request for protected person status was heard by the Immigration Review Board (IRB) in July of 2012 and the IRB granted her request because it agreed her sentence was indeed cruel and unusual punishment and the crime she was convicted of is not a crime in Canada.

source: Article 'Florida sex offender granted asylum in Canada'; ca.news.yahoo.com/florida-sex-offender-granted-asylum-canada-024811896.html; Yahoo News Canada; 16 May 2014