Florida woman facing 30 years jail for sex with 16-year-old boy stripped of Canadian refugee status

A 2006 mugshot of Denise Harvey, of Florida, who must again make her case for refugee status in Canada after fleeing here to avoid a 30-year prison sentence in the United States for having sex with a 16-year-old boy.

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  (more...)

Florida woman facing 30 years jail for sex with 16-year-old boy stripped of Canadian refugee status