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Pedophile’s pardon embarrasses Spain, Morocco
Associated Press ^ | Aug 5, 2013 4:47 PM EDT | Ciaran Giles and Barry Hatton

Posted on 08/05/2013 2:35:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Spain had a seemingly simple request for Morocco’s king: Pardon 18 Spaniards convicted in his country, and let 30 others return to Spain to serve out their prison terms. Instead, the monarch pardoned 48 Spanish prisoners, including a man convicted of raping children. …

Police captured 63-year-old convicted pedophile Daniel Galvan Vina in southeastern Spain on Monday after he had nearly a week of freedom. Galvan had been convicted of raping 11 children and was serving a 30-year sentence in Morocco before the pardon came through.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI retracted his pardon of Galvan over the weekend, and Morocco, via Interpol, issued an international arrest warrant for him. Because Spain does not extradite its citizens to Morocco, Galvan will likely finish his term in a Spanish prison. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: embarrasses; morocco; pardon; pedophile; pedophiles; spain

1 posted on 08/05/2013 2:35:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Those in power support pedophilia

You never pardon a pedo


2 posted on 08/05/2013 2:48:04 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Difference between George Zimmerman and Al Sharpton is that Sharpton woulda let honky family burn)
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To: Olog-hai
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI retracted his pardon of Galvan

In America, I don't believe a pardon can be retracted.

3 posted on 08/05/2013 3:21:46 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: SeminoleCounty
You never pardon a pedo

With that recidivism rate? Good rule of thumb!

4 posted on 08/05/2013 3:46:20 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: Fiji Hill
In America, I don't believe a pardon can be retracted.

And the presidential powers of pardon are absolute.

Something to keep in mind when push comes to shove and the current occupier of the White House needs to make a final stand with the political winds blowing in a ugly direction...

5 posted on 08/05/2013 3:51:38 PM PDT by null and void (You don't know what "cutting edge" means till you insult Mohammed.)
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To: null and void

Ordinary citizens will need to revoke those pardons. May their aim be true.


6 posted on 08/05/2013 3:56:22 PM PDT by Max in Utah (A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: Olog-hai

just another lifestyle choice in Europa I guess


7 posted on 08/05/2013 3:57:03 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: SeminoleCounty

Whoopi Goldberg would.


8 posted on 08/05/2013 4:01:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Olog-hai.

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9 posted on 08/05/2013 4:14:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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