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Ben Buchwalter | April 30, 2009, 9:23AM

Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the U.S. has identified 30 Guantanamo detainees to be released and will ask allies to take the former suspected terrorists within the next few weeks. Holder made the announcement in Berlin, Germany, a country which has so far declined to say whether it will take released detainees. Other European countries, including Britain, France and Portugal, have signaled that they will consider taking former Gitmo detainees to assist in President Obama's stated goal to close the controversial military prison within the year. (Reuters)

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Ben Buchwalter | April 29, 2009, 9:39AM

A report released Tuesday by the California attorney general details the history of abuse that permeated a small police department near Los Angeles. The report states that the Maywood Police Department was rife with sexual innuendo, racial profiling, and violence against suspects. One account alleges that officers Tasered a handcuffed man and his father while beating another man in the same room. AG Jerry Brown said the state would work to reform the department because "when you have rogue cops, it's just intolerable in a free society." (AP)

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Ben Buchwalter | April 28, 2009, 9:25AM

A federal judge sentenced former Orange County sheriff Michael Carona to five and a half years in prison for attempting to obstruct a grand jury investigation. Carona was convicted in January for asking an assistant Sheriff to lie to a grand jury investigating Carona for using his office to attract cash and gifts for his wife and mistress. In a half-hour lecture during the sentencing, Judge Andrew Guilford told Corona that "lying will not be tolerated in this courtroom, especially by the county's highest-ranking law enforcement officer." Carona was once named "America's Sheriff" by CNN's Larry King for spearheading the investigation into the murder of a five year old girl. (LA Times)

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Ben Buchwalter | April 27, 2009, 9:22AM

The Iraqi government condemned a U.S. military raid targeting an elite Shi'ite militia, allegedly armed by Iran, which killed two civilians Sunday. After hundreds protested in Southern Iraq after the attack, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that the raid violated the U.S.-Iraqi security pact instituted this year, which stipulates that American soldiers cannot conduct military operations without coordination with the Iraqi government. Al-Maliki asked the U.S. military to release the detainees from the attack to the appropriate domestic courts. According to the pact, U.S. soldiers are immune from prosecution even if the raid is deemed illegal. (Reuters)

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