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Edited by Recon Number 54: 6/11/2014 9:06:58 PM
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Sex offender flees to Canada and gets granted asylum?

A school faculty member in their 40's, has sex with a 16 year old student who is also a friend and teammate of their teenaged child, is tried and convicted of 5 counts (with DNA evidence that the crime occurred) and is sentenced to 30 years. I do not know if those 5 counts resulted in consecutive mandatory sentences or not. The total sentence was however, 30 years. While out on bail, they flee to Canada and make an appeal to the Canadian government that they not be extradited back to the US to serve their prison term because the 30 year sentence is "cruel and unusual". Those are the facts of the case, with some specific details left out before I ask you these questions. If the convicted offender is a 40+ year old man and the 16 year old was the friend of his daughter, would the 30 years be a "cruel and unusual" sentence and worthy of granting asylum and denying extradition back to the US? How about if the convicted offender is a 40+ year old woman and the 16 year old was the friend of her son, would the 30 years be a "cruel and unusual" sentence and worthy of granting asylum and denying extradition back to the US? [url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/09/denise-harvey-sex-offender_n_5473460.html]Convicted Florida Sex Offender, Granted Asylum In Canada[/url] So, is justice "blind"?

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  • Edited by Circadian Wolf: 6/11/2014 10:29:16 PM
    At a glance 30 years seems a bit harsh. Since we don't know all the details though it could go either way, if it was consensual then its way too harsh in my opinion. Also the kid was 16, so thats on the border of legal. Hell it is legal here in blighty.

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