By Robert Faturechi and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times



August 14, 2011

The calls started without warning. Every line on every phone in the Compton sheriff's station lighted up at once, hundreds of calls pouring in for hours.



One sheriff's official compared the scene to the aftermath of a major earthquake or a mass shooting. But the cause of… Continue

CHICAGO - A Texas man died while raping a 77-year-old woman, local media reported.



Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez, 53, broke into the woman's rural home armed with a knife and attacked her.



But in the midst of the rape he complained he wasn't feeling well and "stopped having sex with her so he could rest," the Corpus Christie Caller reported citing the local sheriff's office.



The registered sex offender continued to fondle her, however, then rolled over and… Continue

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Computer system errors accidentally released more than 450 inmates with "a high risk of violence" from California prisons. What might be even worse is that no attempt has been made to return any of them back to prison.



The prisoners were accidentally placed on 'non-revocable parole' which means they don't have to report to any parole officers. Non-revocable parole is a program originally created to combat the overcrowding of prisons by releasing inmates with a low risk of… Continue