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Paula Cooper left the state prison quietly in a state vehicle and wearing donated clothing, Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison said.

Prosecutors won't be filing charges of vandalism against "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor Jeff Garlin after he was accused of smashing a car window in a dispute over a parking space.

How much wealth does it take to be above the law? What rules come with being a member of the privileged class? Those are among the questions posed in Walter Walker's "Crime of Privilege."

The Supreme Court says prosecutors can use a person's silence against them if it comes before he's told of his right to remain silent.

The Supreme Court says states cannot require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.

The FBI is planning to dig in a Detroit-area field Monday in a hunt for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, according to a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Jurors are expected to hear more grisly details about reputed mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger's reign of terror in Boston when a former hit man testifies against his ex-boss in the closely watched racketeering and murder trial on Monday.

Former Gold Coast civilian prosecutor and Miss Indy model Rosanna Doolan has been charged with misconduct and corruption after seeking a reduction in the sentence of her former boyfriend, Dax Roep.

In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 file photo shows Kennedy Brewer, right, hugged by a friend, moments after a circuit court judge exonerated him for the kidnapping and murder of a 3-year-old girl in Macon, Miss.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of walking into a Catholic church and shooting his father-in-law in the back of the head during Mass.

A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of walking into a Catholic church and shooting his father-in-law in the back of the head during Mass.

A man who says he caught four boys vandalizing his father-in-law's home has been charged with child endangerment after corralling them in a closet until police arrived.

An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday after serving a prison term that was shortened after the state Supreme Court intervened.

A surgeon at Chicago's Sacred Heart Hospital cut a hole in Earl Nattee's throat on Jan. 3, the day before he died.

The Boston Globe was seeking names of "convicted criminal aliens" who were not deported after completing their sentences because their homelands wouldn't take them back.

Authorities in Will County say a hotel employee in the village of Monee has been charged with criminal sexual assault after he allegedly hid in a woman's room and attacked her.

When Martin Charlesworth, 41, showed up at Holy Trinity School in El Cajon in January, school officials put the school on lockdown and called police.

Schoolchildren, drivers, hunters and others will face changes when the new state budget takes effect in 3 1 2 months.

Steven Martinez, FBI assistant director in charge in Los Angeles, Douglas Price, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge, and LAPD Deputy Chief, David Doan, Chief of Detectives, during a news conference to discuss the arrest of Boston crime boss James 'Whitey'' Bulger and his companion, Catherine Greig at the Los Angeles Federal Building on June 23, ... (more)

Behind the scenes, the drama unfolding at one of the nation's largest district attorney's offices is more complex, with an upcoming election and opponents threatening to unseat the longtime leader, a review of dozens of cases and a federal lawsuit by a man who was wrongfully convicted.