U.S. wants sex offender back

[CHIMO]

An American sex offender who was exiled to Canada may be forced to serve his sentence in the Buffalo area after all, a U.S. prosecutor says.

The announcement today by Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark came hours after sex offender Malcolm Watson, 35, was set free after an immigration board hearing in Niagara Falls.

Watson was exiled to Canada from the U.S. last week after a Buffalo judge approved a plea bargain allowing him to serve three years' probation in Canada.

Clark said he had no idea that the American court agreement to exile Watson to Canada would cause “international consternation,” noting that it has been a hot topic for elected Canadian officials.

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[Endangered Specie]

1. Gotta get as many Republican votes as possible eh?

[Kagemusha]

2. Heh, live and learn then.

I find it silly that this Clark fellow would have no idea but, now that he does, it's good that he might actually act on it.

[LeftistGorilla]

3. what the hell?

[Turbineguy]

4. Everybody in Buffalo

should have their dog shit on Clark's lawn.

Consternation.

[ima_sinnic]

5. even after reading the story I don't get it -- we can inflict sex offenders

on other countries? how would Americans like it if, say, Germany "exiled" sex offenders to the U.S.? If I were a Canadian I'd be mad as hell.
on edit: not to mention, how is this a "punishment" for someone guilty of child abuse? what a bunch of CRAP.

[PeaceProgProsp]

6. If another country wants him, why pay for his incarceration in US?

Clark is a Dem, by the way.

[CHIMO]

7. Maybe

But it plays right into the hand of the Canadian Bushites.

Immigration releases U.S. sex offender
Last Updated: Friday, October 27, 2006 | 2:41 PM ET
CBC News

Hours after the ruling, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised the federal government would do everything within its legal power to get Watson out of the country.

"Obviously, like most Canadians, we're outraged, but we are extremely limited when it comes to legal options," Harper told reporters on Friday afternoon in Oakville, Ont.

"We'll use every legal means possible to prevent this individual from being free in Canada. He is, unfortunately, a Canadian resident, and Canada's laws on this regard are too loose."

Harper also said the case was a perfect opportunity for opposition parties to stop "stalling" his government's criminal justice agenda, including Bill C-22, which if passed, would raise the general age of sexual consent to 16 from 14.

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[Pugee]

8. So he lives in Canada and has a sales job there?

But is an American citizen?

[CHIMO]

9. Appears

To be so.

Watson, a father of three who lives in St. Catharines with his wife and three children, was fired from the elite all-girls’ academy where he taught immediately after he was charged.

He has been working in Canada as a salesman.

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[spindrifter]

10. Canada has much better

sex offender treatment and supervision for people convicted of sex offenses than we do.