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Monday, November 19, 2012

Questions Raised After Inmate Walks Early

The Opposition Liberals want answers after one Saint John inmate received a Get Out of Jail Free card and we mean that quite literally.

The inmate was released early by mistake on October 15 and then was picked up for a violent crime on November 4th. 

Charlotte-the-Isles MLA Rick Doucette tells CHSJ News it concerns him that Public Safety Minister Robert Trevors waited weeks before releasing information on the oversight.

Doucette says it's obvious the early release of a violent offender is a major error which can't be ignored.