A Florida mother who fled to Canada rather than face 30 years in jail for having sex with a 16-year-old boy has been told she has been granted asylum. Denise Harvey has been told she will not be extradited back to the United States to serve her prison term. The 47-year-old successfully argued that her sentence was 'cruel and unusual punishment,' according to The National Post. Despite the Canadian government trying to kick her out of the country, an immigration appeals board granted her leave to stay. Denise Harvey, 47, was convicted of five counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor in 2008 for having sex with a 16-year-old friend of her son
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Denise Harvey, 47, fled her home in Vero Beach, Florida, after she was convicted of having sex with her son's 16-year-old friend in 2010
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She and her husband and son moved to Saskatchewan
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She was granted asylum after claiming 30-year prison term amounted to 'cruel and unusual punishment'
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