Canada approves transfer of Florida lifer but state mum on approval
TORONTO — The federal government has approved the transfer of a Canadian jailed for 30 years in Florida prisons for a murder committed when he was 18 years old.
However, there was no immediate word whether the state, which has previously blocked William (Russell) Davies from serving out his life sentence in Canada, will let him go.
“Canada will bring Russell back but we have to go through the States yet,” Davies’s mother, Carol Davies, who had received a call from Ottawa confirming the approval, said Monday.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale had no immediate comment while a spokeswoman for Florida Gov. Rick Scott said she was looking for information on the case.