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UK Released Murderers And Rapists

The British government has admitted it released over 1,000 foreign prisoners - including murderers and rapists - who should have been identified for deportation. Between February 1999 and March 2006, 1,023 foreign national criminals were released after completing their sentences without officials considering whether they should have been deported from Britain.

Home Secretary Charles Clarke says, ?We simply didn`t make the proper arrangements for identifying and considering removal.? He continued, ?That is a failure of the Home Office and its agencies for which I take responsibility.? Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell called the mishap "extraordinary."

According to Clarke, ?All the government`s tough talk on crime counts for nothing in the face of this incompetence. What possible excuse can there be for this disgraceful state of affairs?? According to Home Office Figures, the offenders included three murderers and nine rapists.