Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava spoke out on Tuesday about the man who was wrongly released from prison after being convicted in 2020 double murder in Opa-locka, and the reward for information on his whereabout has been raised.

Deputies say 60-year-old James Edward Daniels is behind the December 2020 murder of two people in the area of 18th Avenue and Service Road, and had since been serving a life sentence in state prison in Lake City.

Daniels was transferred to Miami-Dade custody last Wednesday to face additional charges, but was mistakenly released from the Turner Guilford Knight Center two days later.

Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department cited “a procedural error” as the reason for his release.

“Well we’re reviewing everything and we’re going to be making any

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