AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Documents reveal why Minnesota clemency board pardoned convicted child sex offender facing deportation
Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated the legal status of a 42-year-old Laotian national convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, and had him deported to Laos, weeks after Minnesota's Board of Pardons wiped his record clean. Internal clemency documents now show exactly why the board's review commission recommended that pardon: four of six commissioners […] The post Documents reveal why Minnesota clemency board pardoned convicted child sex offender facing deportation appeared first on American Almanac .
Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated the legal status of a 42-year-old Laotian national convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a child, and had him deported to Laos, weeks after Minnesota's Board of Pardons wiped his record clean. Internal clemency documents now show exactly why the board's review commission recommended that pardon: four of six commissioners cited the man's fear of deportation as a reason to grant him a fresh start. The case of Tue Lue Vang has become a sharp test of how far state officials will go to shield illegal immigrants from federal immigration enforcement, even when the person in question pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct against a girl who was ten years old when the abuse began. …Open