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Meldrum Greg Harvey

Thanks to a commenter for this:
SOURCE-
A Canadian citizen convicted of molesting a young girl in Kentucky has fled the country while free on bail to avoid a 40-year prison sentence, the FBI said.

Meldrum Greg Harvey, 52, fled to Canada in December about a week after his appeal of his conviction in Muhlenberg County was denied by the Kentucky Supreme Court, the FBI said Friday. Harvey was convicted in 2005 of molesting an 8-year-old girl while she visited his home in Sacramento in Western Kentucky.



I can not begin to imagine why on earth this child rapist (yes- it went beyond molesting her) was out of jail to begin with. Appeal or no- he should never have been a candidate for bond, and should have sat in a jail cell awaiting his appeal rather than being able to flee the country.

Harvey was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy of a child under 12 in April 2005 and sentenced to 20 years in prison on each count, with the sentences to be served back-to-back. In August 2005, he was released after posting a $50,000 bond while his conviction was reviewed by the Kentucky Supreme Court.


The comment that alerted me to this included a link to this story:
FBI looking for Sacramento man convicted of child rape I'm not sure how long it will be viewable online, so I've copied the entire story:

Federal authorities believe a Sacramento man convicted of raping an 8-year-old girl has fled the country to avoid jail time.
Meldrum Greg Harvey received a 40-year prison sentence after he was convicted of raping and molesting a friend of his children in the summer of 2003. Court documents state he was accused of raping and sodomizing the girl in a backyard pool and in his bedroom. He also allegedly took pictures of her while she was changing clothes.
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