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on January 2, 2015 in World News

Serious offenders among dozens mistakenly released from Ontario jails

Serious offenders among dozens mistakenly released from Ontario jails Four of the Ontario prisoners committed new offences while they should have been behind bars, the provincial government told the Star. Prisoners who were supposed to be locked up on charges of attempted murder, sexual assault, armed robbery and assault with a weapon were mistakenly released from Ontario jails during the last six years. In total, 98prisoners were freed prematurely between 2009 and 2013, mostly because of clerical errors. Four of these prisoners committed new offences while they should have been behind bars, the government acknowledged for the first time in… View Article

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