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Sheriff seeks to replace jail cells with classrooms

Patrick Healy, NBC Southern California
NBC Southern California - The gutting of Men's Central Jail cells to be replaced with inmate classrooms is one element of a dramatic re-envisioning of the Los Angeles County jail system as proposed by Sheriff Lee Baca.
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Vice President Joseph Biden speaks during a meeting with representatives from the video game and entertainment industries January 11, 2013 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in Washington, DC. Biden continued his work on developing policy proposals in response to the shooting tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut. He will give his recommendations to President Barack Obama next week. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Oregon sheriff says he won't enforce new gun laws

Steven DuBois, Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon sheriff has sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden saying his department will not enforce any new gun laws it considers unconstitutional...
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio listens to one of his attorneys during a news conference in Phoenix. Arpaio is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday, July 24, 2012, and face allegations that his trademark immigration sweeps amounted to racial profiling against Hispanics. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio denies expressing admiration for KKK

Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff known nationally for his hard-line stance on illegal immigration is on the witness stand answering questions...
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Racial profiling trial begins for Ariz. sheriff

Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's anti-illegal immigration patrols are taking center stage in federal court in Phoenix...
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio exits after announcing Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Phoenix that President Obama's birth certificate, as presented by the White House in April 2011, is a forgery based on an investigation by the Sheriff's office. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Ariz. sheriff says Obama birth certificate is fake

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PHOENIX (AP) - Investigators for an Arizona sheriff's volunteer posse have declared that President Barack Obama's birth certificate is definitely fraudulent...
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Georgia sheriff caught in Ku Klux Klan costume

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The Cherokee County Sheriff believes the photographs that recently surfaced of him wearing an Ku Klux Klan costume at an 1980s Halloween party was politically provoked...
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Justice Dept. plans to sue Arizona sheriff Arpaio

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PHOENIX (AP) - Federal authorities have said they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos...
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Sheriff's deputy fired for making inmates dance to Usher

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DALLAS FORT-WORTH - A sheriff's deputy in Ohio has been fired for ordering jail inmates to dance to an Usher song in exchange for making phone calls and using a microwave...
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New interim police chief takes over in Sanford

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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The city at the center of the Trayvon Martin case has a new interim police chief...
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Arpaio bashes GOP candidates for not being birthers

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Arizona's Joe Arpaio, an infamous opponent of immigration rights and proponent of birthersim, chastised the current crop of GOP candidates for not embracing his ideology
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