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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A judge released a former U.S. soldier who was charged with illegally taking pictures of Sierra Leone's U.N.-backed war crimes court, saying Tuesday the act was not prohibited.
Michael Chemidlin, a 58-year-old National Guardsman from Scotch Plains, N.J., was arrested in early May along with Sierra Leoneans Felix Rogers and Collins Kamara. The three were then briefly set free before being re-arrested a short time later.
Chemidlin had maintained his innocence, and his family in New Jersey has called the arrest a misunderstanding.
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